“The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners. Although man is part of the animal creation, he possesses a power of thought superior to all other created beings.”

If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.

Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds.

To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.

But to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility.

At whatever time highly skilled physicians shall have developed the healing of illnesses by means of foods, and shall make provision for simple foods, and shall prohibit humankind from living as slaves to their lustful appetites.

Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.

To find that Bahá’í young people, each and all, are known throughout the world for their intellectual attainmen

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

Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit

Therefore, in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained here.

Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results. The oppressed who have right on their side, must not take that right by force; the evil would continue. Hearts must be changed.

But the balance is already shifting—force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy.

The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie of love which blends human hearts.

His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.

Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.

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

An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

Once you start rewriting, you’re not able to stop. With each draft the fundamental banality and worthlessness of the material becomes more evident even as its vitality and spontaneity are drained from it.

A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.

There is but one means available to improve the material conditions of mankind: to accelerate the growth of capital accumulated as against the growth in population.

What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.

The fictional treatment of biographical material – a treatment that for me is essential – is full of traps.

Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.