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

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.

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.

If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.

To be happy in life, develop at least four hobbies: one to bring you money, one to keep you healthy, one to bring you joy, and one to bring you peace.

Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation.

silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.

Focus on miracles brings about self-gratification.

On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.

The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before going in with [Larry] Holmes. That would have made all the difference.

Statistically, skinny women die younger than fat women. Why? Because fat women are killing them.

I really create everything I do from the heart.

Any human being who is becoming independent of conditionings, of religions, scriptures, prophets and messiahs, has arrived home. He has found the treasure which was hidden in his own being.

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.