Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed. Muhammad Iqbal More Quotes by Muhammad Iqbal More Quotes From Muhammad Iqbal A community receives light from its history, it becomes aware of itself by remembrance of its history. Muhammad Iqbal remembrance light history Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass. Muhammad Iqbal glasses dust air Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end? Muhammad Iqbal literature wise men Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave? Muhammad Iqbal slave born country Preserve your history and become everlasting; receive new life from the times that have gone by. Muhammad Iqbal new-life gone history Human intellect is natures attempt at self criticism Muhammad Iqbal intellect criticism self let this be our beautiful departure from stagnation; let our minds come alive; enter another dimension; go beyond the stars eagerly struggling to find that... which our naked eyes did not know existed; rise like a falcon born to soar and not be alone but be present amongst others. Muhammad Iqbal stars struggle beautiful Sexual self-restraint was only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution. Muhammad Iqbal ego evolution self I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self-government within the British Empire, or without the British Empire, the formation of a consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of North-West India. Muhammad Iqbal destiny government self The Westerners have lost the vision of heaven, they go hunting for the pure spirit in the belly. The pure soul takes not color and scent from the body, and Communism has nothing to do save with the body. Muhammad Iqbal hunting color heaven I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam. Muhammad Iqbal demand islam india I tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer. Muhammad Iqbal telling-the-truth enemy I have never considered myself a poet. Therefore, I am not a rival of anyone, and I do not consider anybody my rival. Muhammad Iqbal rivals poet literature The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. Muhammad Iqbal individual determined ego I am a hidden meaning made to defy. The grasp of words, and walk away With free will and destiny. As living, revolutionary clay. Muhammad Iqbal clay fate destiny Our bread and water are of one table: the progeny of Adam are as a single soul. Muhammad Iqbal oneness soul water The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly. Muhammad Iqbal truth-is prophet communism Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. Muhammad Iqbal instinct passion men It cannot be denied that Islam, regarded as an ethical ideal plus a certain kind of polity - by which expression I mean a social structure regulated by a legal system and animated by a specific ethical ideal - has been the chief formative factor in the life-history of the Muslims of India. It has furnished those basic emotions and loyalties which gradually unify scattered individuals and groups, and finally transform them into a well-defined people, possessing a moral consciousness of their own. Muhammad Iqbal loyalty expression mean Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity. Muhammad Iqbal light-life diversity ambition
