At the very core of the aims of the Faith are the
establishment of justice and unity in the world, the removal of prejudice and
enmity from among all people, the awakening of compassion and understanding in
the hearts of all men and women, and the raising of all souls to a new level of
spirituality and behavior through the vitalizing influence of divine
Revelation. The course set forth by Baha'u'llah for the attainment of these
aims is the double task of simultaneously building an ideal society and
perfecting the behavior of individuals. For this dual and reciprocal transformation
He has not only revealed laws, principles and truths attuned to the needs of
this age, but has established the very nucleus and pattern of those
institutions which are to evolve into the structure of the divinely purposed
world society.
-The Universal House of Justice
(From a letter dated 2 July 1996 written on behalf of the Universal
House of Justice to an individual believer)
