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.
MUHAMMAD IQBALIt 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.
More Muhammad Iqbal Quotes
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A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego.
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Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders.
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The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time.
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Since love first made the breast an instrument Of fierce lamenting, by its flame my heart Was molten to a mirror, like a rose I pluck my breast apart, that I may hang This mirror in your sight.
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Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind.
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Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.
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Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.
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The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.
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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 may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized.
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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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I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.
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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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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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I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
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