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 IQBALIndeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.
More Muhammad Iqbal Quotes
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If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.
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Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
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Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.
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When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.
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The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.
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But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.
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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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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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The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.
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The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment.
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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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Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders.
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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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Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions…
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Become dust – and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone – and they will throw thee on glass.
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