Conduct, which involves a decision of the ultimate fate of the agent cannot be based on illusions.
MUHAMMAD IQBALBut the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing.
More Muhammad Iqbal Quotes
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Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.
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Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
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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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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.
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Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego’s evolution.
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Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind.
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It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.
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The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.
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If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.
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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 hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?
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Thus passing through the infinite varieties of space we reach the Divine space which is absolutely free from all dimensions and constitutes the meeting point of all infinities.
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Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge.
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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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Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.
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