He is a true Bahá'í who strives by day and by night to
progress and advance along the path of human endeavor, whose most cherished
desire is so to live and act as to enrich and illuminate the world, whose
source of inspiration is the essence of Divine virtue, whose aim in life is so
to conduct himself as to be the cause of infinite progress. Only when he
attains unto such perfect gifts can it be said of him that he is a true Bahá'í.
For in this holy Dispensation, the crowning glory of bygone ages and cycles,
true Faith is no mere acknowledgement of the Unity of God, but rather the
living of a life that will manifest all the perfections and virtues implied in
such belief....
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (The Compilation of Compilations vol. I)
