How Baha’is show regard the Guardian

May I also express my heartfelt desire that the friends of God in every land regard me in no other light but that of a true brother, united with them in our common servitude to the Master's Sacred Threshold, and refer to me in their letters and verbal addresses always as Shoghi Effendi, for I desire to be known by no other name save the one our Beloved Master was wont to utter, a name which of all other designations is the most conducive to my spiritual growth and advancement. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated 5 March 1922 to the American friends; quoted by Ruhiyyih Khanum in ‘The Priceless Pearl’)

How the Guardian wished to be known

I wish to be known, to realize myself however far I may proceed in future, as one and only one of the many workers in His Vineyards...whatever may betide I trust in His ['Abdu'l-Bahá's] wondrous love for me. May I in no wise by my deeds, thoughts or words, impede the stream of His sustaining Spirit which I sorely need in facing the responsibilities He has placed on my youthful shoulders...

- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated February 6, 1922 to one of the Persian Bahá'ís; quoted by Ruhiyyih Khanum in ‘The Priceless Pearl’)