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The cause of universal education, which has already enlisted in its service
an army of dedicated people from every faith and nation, deserves the utmost
support that the governments of the world can lend it. For ignorance is
indisputably the principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples and
the perpetuation of prejudice. No nation can achieve success unless education
is accorded all its citizens. Lack of resources limits the ability of many
nations to fulfil this necessity, imposing a certain ordering of priorities.
The decision-making
agencies involved would do well to consider giving first priority to the
education of women and girls, since it is through educated mothers that
the benefits of knowledge can be most effectively and rapidly diffused
throughout society. In keeping with the requirements of the times, consideration
should also be given to teaching the concept of world citizenship as part
of the standard education of every child.
(Letters
of The Universal House of Justice, 1985 Oct, The
Promise of World Peace, p. 3)
Shrine of the Báb. 
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Shoghi Effendi safeguarded the unity of the Faith by acting, as `Abdu'l-Bahá before him had acted, as the authoritative interpreter and expounder of the Bahá'í sacred writings. All questions regarding interpretation were to be directed to him.
Although he did not have the authority to alter in any way what Bahá'u'lláh or `Abdu'l-Bahá had revealed, he performed the crucial tasks of clarifying points which may not have been clearly understood and of elaborating upon previously revealed teachings. To this end, he wrote thousands of letters to individual believers and to Bahá'í communities around the world.
Through such guidance, the Bahá'ís remained unified in their clear understanding of the Faith's sacred writings.
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