Assemblies - Consultation Principles
Patience and restraint, however, should at all times characterize the discussions and deliberations of the elected representatives of the local community, and no fruitless and hair-splitting discussions indulged in, under any circumstances.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 81
The friends should therefore not feel discouraged at the differences of opinion that may prevail among the members of an Assembly for these, as experiences has shown, and as the Master's words attest, fulfil a valuable function in all Assembly deliberations. But once the opinion the majority has been ascertained, all the members should automatically and unreservedly obey it, and faithfully carry it out.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 80
Quote of the Day
Istijlal 1 Masail 182 B.E.
Act as though it had all been answered. Then act with tireless, ceaseless energy. And as you act, you, yourself, will become a magnet, which will attract more power to your being, until you become an unobstructed channel for the Divine power to flow through you.
Shoghi Effendi – Principles of Bahá’í Administration, p. 91