It is the mysterious touch of the ideal that animates and sustains the real, and through it alone we can discover and affirm the ideal. Muhammad Iqbal More Quotes by Muhammad Iqbal More Quotes From Muhammad Iqbal Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light from the moon, obtain it from the spark within you. Muhammad Iqbal islamicoceanwisdom People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals. Muhammad Iqbal animalmenthinking From your past emerges the present, and from the present is born your future. Muhammad Iqbal borntimepast Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world. Muhammad Iqbal strugglespirituallife Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. Muhammad Iqbal heartinspirationalhands Look at the evils of the world around you and protect yourself from them. Our teachers give all the wrong messages to our youth, since they take away the natural flare from the soul. Take it from me that all knowledge is useless until it is connected with your life, because the purpose of knowledge is nothing but to show you the splendors of yourself! Muhammad Iqbal evilteachergiving If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave. Muhammad Iqbal live-lifediesbravery I tell you the sign of a believer; When Death comes, there is a smile on his lips Muhammad Iqbal believerlips Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed. Muhammad Iqbal democracypeople When the thinking of a people becomes corrupt, the pure silver becomes impure in its hands. Muhammad Iqbal handspeoplethinking Words, without power, is mere philosophy. Muhammad Iqbal merephilosophy It is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising. Muhammad Iqbal risingdustworld 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. Muhammad Iqbal partyleaderlaw The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Muhammad Iqbal ego-problemmotivationalinspirational The man of Love follows the path of God-and shows affection to both the believer and the nonbe-liever. Muhammad Iqbal affectionpathmen If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion. Muhammad Iqbal ifsdoelost My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man. Muhammad Iqbal brahminsspendingmen A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego. Muhammad Iqbal aggravationunderstandingmen When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. Muhammad Iqbal burningheartphilosophy The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought. Muhammad Iqbal democracymentwo
