"A lady wrote: 'There are about twenty ways in which we could spend a given dollar these days without being convicted of extravagance. But, as my husband said last month, 'When we deprive ourselves, it is a small matter, even if it means serious personal discomfort; if we deprive the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, the whole race will be deprived of the wonderful lessons it is going to teach.'" (From Stories About Baha'i Funds, page 13)