Covenant-breaking - need for vigilance against
To Be the Enemy of the Enemies of God is Good Characteristic (but not against them personally)[edit]
"To be the enemy of the enemies of God is a good characteristic. We are not against them personally, just as any intelligent man is not personally against a man who has a dangerous contagious disease. But he carefully isolates the sick individual so that the contagion will not spread. So we shun the spiritually sick, wishing for their cure, but keeping clear of them. You are right to take a firm stand regarding Orientals. One would think that world events would be opening the eyes of the Americans to certain unreliable and mischievous characteristics of nationals of the Middle East."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, November 22, 1951, in Lights of Guidance, no. 616)
It is Better to be Too Vigilant Than to be Too Lax[edit]
"The Guardian feels that your attitude of vigilance and intense loyalty is quite right. In such matters as the Covenant it is far better to be too vigilant than too lax. However, he does not feel Mr. ... is lacking in firmness and Faith. Many of the Bahá'ís, ... while loyal to the Cause and the Guardian, do not fully grasp the implications of the Master's Will and the full station of the Guardians of the Cause. They need to study more deeply the spiritual side of the Teachings and the Will itself. And this he has advised the ... to do."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 5, 1949, in Lights of Guidance, no. 617)
