that these
great conquerors were not blood thirsty.

A healthy social life and Baha'i work can go hand in hand, but not always
in times of crisis, such as these days the Cause is passing through--and
the world--when great sacrifice can alone meet the demands of the
situation.

He urges you to persevere and add up your accomplishments, rather than to
dwell on the dark side of things. Everyone's life has both a dark and
bright side. The Master said: turn your back to the darkness and your face
to Me.

Letter of 18 February 1950

18 February 1950

He (the Guardian) feels that if you consider it too much of a strain to
keep the Fast you should not do so. Baha'u'llah has exempted people who
are travellers at the time; if you could keep it the days you are not
travelling, and thus partake of its bounty, it would be advisable, but it
is not essential.

Letter of 28 March 1950

28 March 1950

The beloved Guardian, having been in touch with you by cable, and being
more over-worked this year than ever, delayed answering. You know, from
what you saw here, how inefficient--to under-state the matter--his servants
are. The work at the Shrine has vastly increased and of necessity, for as
the first part of the building will soon be finished, the grounds around
it have been entirely remodelled to fit it better and show it off. All
this he has been forced to superintend and plan personally. The attacks
and status of the enemies you know about. So that in all he is very tired.

Letter of 4 October 1950

4 October 1950

We must never take one sentence in the Teachings and isolate it from the
rest: it does not mean we must not love, but we must reach a spiritual
plane where God comes first and great human passions are unable to turn us
away from Him. All the time we see people who either through the force of
hate or the passionate attachment they have to another person, sacrifice
principle or bar themselves from the Path of God.

We know absence of light is darkness, but no one would assert darkness was
not a fact. It exists even though it is only the absence of something
else. So evil exists too, and we cannot close our eyes to it, even though
it is a negative existence. We must seek to supplant it by good, and if we
see an evil person is not influenceable by us, then we should shun his
company for it is unhealthy.

We must love God, and in this state a general love for all men becomes
possible. We