In all cases submitted for its consideration the Assembly
must uphold the standard of justice in delivering its verdict, and in all its
dealings with the community and the outside world, it must strive to evince the
equalities of leadership. The following quotation from a letter of the Guardian
summarizes in simple terms the immediate goal every Assembly should set for
itself in its efforts to pursue the exalted standard of perfection inculcated
in our writings:
The first quality for leadership both among individuals and
Assemblies is the capacity to use the energy and competence that exists in the
rank and file of its followers. Otherwise the more competent members of the
groups will go at a tangent and try to find elsewhere a field of work and where
they could use their energy.
Shoghi Effendi hopes that the Assemblies will do their
utmost in planning such teaching activities that every single soul will be kept
busy'. (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada, dated August 30, 1930)
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated July 30, 1972 to the National Spiritual
Assembly of Bolivia; compilation: Lights of Guidance)