It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.
MUHAMMAD IQBALThough the terror of the sea gives to none security, in the secret of the shell. Self preserving we may dwell.
More Muhammad Iqbal Quotes
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God is not a mathematical entity or a system of concepts mutually related to one another and having no reference to experience.
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The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.
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That is why, according to this newer psychology, Christianity has already fulfilled its biological mission, and it is impossible for the modern man to understand its original significance.
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It is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising.
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Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny.
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If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.
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Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
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In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command.
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Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego’s evolution.
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I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
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The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
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Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.
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Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience.
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Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul’s contact with the body.
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Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?
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