Shoghi Effendi| Pray diligently for guidance, meditate on the best method of action and then take action . . .

‎"It is not sufficient to pray diligently for guidance, but this prayer must be followed by meditation as to the best methods of action and then action itself. Even if the action should not immediately produce results, or perhaps not be entirely correct, that does not make so much difference, because prayers can only be answered through action and if someone's action is wrong, God can use that method of showing the pathway which is right."  - On behalf of Shoghi Effendi: Lights of Guidance, p. 461