[1939]: "I sometimes feel that this intense
objectiveness of Shoghi Effendi is one of the factors God has endowed him with.
He is an absolutely unselfconscious instrument. His impulses are violent and no
one (I mean no disinterested observer) could doubt the tremendous achievements
of his for the Cause, all carried out on these unhesitating impulses. That is
all his decisions -- but of course he revolves things for weeks, sometimes
years in his mind before acting. All the thought in the world is there but when
he feels the urge he never waits five seconds!"
- Ruhiyyih Khanum (Entry
from her diary, ‘The Priceless Pearl’)
