Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words-these alone are without effect.

To be a Baha'i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.

The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord.

The time has come for humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness of the human world, so that dogmatic formulas and superstitions may end.

I want you to be happy...to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.

In the world of existence there is no more powerful magnet than the magnet of love.

When the heart is filled with love everything seems beautiful & delightful to us.

Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare.

To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.

Behold a candle, how it gives its light. It weeps its life away drop by drop in order to give forth its flame of light.

It is good to laugh. Laughter is spiritual relaxation.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

Procreation annihilates eternity.

Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. Health is the primary duty of life.

It is always a pride to die as an American.

You know, sloth is a sin, " he says softly. "I prefer to think of it as an adorable animal.

Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint.

In politics intentions count for nothing; actions are what matter.

The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies.

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there's a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It's not something you're aware of.