“By all means persevere and associate in a friendly spirit with other groups of young people, particularly of a different race or minority nationality, for such association will demonstrate your complete conviction of the oneness of mankind and attract others to the Faith, both young and old alike.

A spirit of prejudice-free, loving comradeship with others is what will open the eyes of people more than any amount of words. Combined with such deeds you can teach the Faith easily.”

“…a sound knowledge of history, including religious history, and also of social and economic subjects, is of great help in teaching the Cause to intelligent people.…”

“He feel you should, in teaching, certainly not start with such a difficult point as abstinence from wine; but when the person wishes to join the Faith he must be told.”

“All the Bahá’ís, new and old alike, should devote themselves as much as possible to teaching the Faith; they should also realize that the atmosphere of true love and unity which they manifest within the Bahá’í Community will directly affect the public, and be the greatest magnet for attracting people to the Faith and confirming them.”

“… In teaching people, when they begin to seriously study the Faith, there is no objection to impressing upon them that this message involves great spiritual responsibility, and should not be either accepted or cast aside lightly. But we must be very gentle, tactful and patient, and not administer shocks to people.

“… We must always teach constructively, and be very sure that none of us, through disagreement among ourselves or indiscretion, cool off the souls of the seekers.”

“There is no objection to leaving Bahá’í literature in a public place as long as it is not overdone and does not savor of proselytizing.”

“…it is spirit, determination, faith and devotion which bring victories into being, one after another, … and not luxury and leisure…”

“We should never insist on teaching those who are not really ready for the Cause. If a man is not hungry you cannot make him eat. Among the Theosophists there are, no doubt, many receptive souls, but those who are satisfied should be just associated with in a friendly way, but let alone. Once a seeker comes to accept the concept of progressive religion, and accepts Bahá’u’lláh as the Manifestation for this day, the reincarnation concept will fade away in the light of truth; we should try and avoid controversial issues in the beginning, if possible.”

“It seems what we need now is a more profound and coordinated Bahá’í scholarship in order to attract such men as you are contacting. The world has – at least in the thinking world – caught up by now with all the great and universal principles enunciated by Bahá’u’lláh over 70 years ago, and so of course it does not sound ‘new’ to them. But we know that the deeper teachings, the capacity of His projected World Order to re-create society, are new and dynamic. It is to these we must learn to present intelligently and enticingly to such men!”

“…we, the few who have caught the vision, should not waste our energy beating up and down the paths pursued by humanity, and which are not solving the ghastly present-day problems. We should concentrate on the Cause, because it is what is needed to cure the world…

“… If the Bahá’ís want to be really effective in teaching the Cause they need to be much better informed and able to discuss intelligently, intellectually, the present condition of the world and its problems…

“We Bahá’ís should, in other words, arm our minds with knowledge in order to better demonstrate to, especially, the educated classes, the truths enshrined in our Faith.”