Four things we “must concentrate on”

We must concentrate

• on perfecting our characters as individual Bahá'ís, and
• on maturing our still embryonic, and as yet improperly understood, World Order;
• on spreading the Message, according to the provisions of the Divine Plan; and
• on building a tightly knit world-wide Bahá'í Community.

We are relatively few in numbers, and have such a precious, unique and responsible task to carry out. We must concentrate our full forces upon it.

- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated 9 May 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada) – The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Living the Life)