...as we suffer these misfortunes we must remember that the
Prophets of God Themselves were not immune from these things which men suffer.
They knew sorrow, illness and pain too. They rose above these things through
Their spirits, and that is what we must try and do too, when afflicted. The
troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our
souls; so it is to this we must look--to becoming more spiritual, drawing
nearer to God, no matter what our human minds and bodies go through.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a
letter dated 5 August 1949 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Living the Life)
