What you could do, and should do, is to use your stories to become a source of inspiration and guidance for those who read them. With such a means at your disposal you can spread the spirit and teachings of the Cause; you can show the evils that exist in society, as well as the way they can be remedied. If you possess a real talent in writing you should consider it as given by God and exert your efforts to use it for the betterment of society. The House of Justice hopes that you will be able to satisfy your friends on these matters and encourage them to prepare for their Bahá’í service and be able to contribute to the welfare of humanity. (24 May 1988 to an individual believer) [55] 3.3 Attitudes of the Scholar From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh 56: “Amongst the people is he whose learning hath made him proud, and who hath...” Amongst the people is he whose learning hath made him proud, and who hath been debarred thereby from recognizing My Name, the Self-Subsisting; who, when he heareth the tread of sandals following behind him, waxeth greater in his own esteem than Nimrod. Say: O rejected one! Where now is his abode? By God, it is the nethermost fire. Say: O concourse of divines! Hear ye not the shrill voice of My Most Exalted Pen? See ye not this Sun that shineth in refulgent splendour above the All-Glorious Horizon? For how long will ye worship the idols of your evil passions? Forsake your vain imaginings, and turn yourselves unto God, your Everlasting Lord. (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, paragraph 41) [56] 57: “Show forbearance and benevolence and love to one another. Should any...” Show forbearance and benevolence and love to one another. Should any one among you be incapable of grasping a certain truth, or be striving to comprehend it, show forth, when conversing with him, a spirit of extreme kindliness and good-will. Help him to see and recognize the truth, without esteeming yourself to be, in the least, superior to him, or to be possessed of greater endowments. (“Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh”, section V) [57] 58: “Beware lest ye contend with any one, nay, strive to make him aware of the truth...” Beware lest ye contend with any one, nay, strive to make him aware of the truth with kindly manner and most convincing exhortation. If your hearer respond, he will have responded to his own behoof, and if not, turn ye away from him, and set your faces towards God’s sacred Court, the seat of resplendent holiness. Dispute not with any one concerning the things of this world and its affairs, for God hath abandoned them to such as have set their affection upon them. (“Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh”, section CXXVIII) [58] 59: “Warn, O Salmán, the beloved of the one true God, not to view with too...”