The religious thought in Islam
A source page for quotes linked to Muhammad Iqbal.
“Human intellect is natures attempt at self criticism”
“The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.”
“Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.”
“Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.”
“Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.”
“Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.”
“But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.”
“It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.”
“Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.”
“If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.”
“Conduct, which involves a decision of the ultimate fate of the agent cannot be based on illusions.”
“Sexual self-restraint was only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.”
“The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.”
“The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.”
“I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.”
“Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind.”
“Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders.”
“The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.”