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 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 islamic ocean wisdom 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 animal men thinking From your past emerges the present, and from the present is born your future. Muhammad Iqbal born time past Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. Muhammad Iqbal heart inspirational hands 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 evil teacher giving If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave. Muhammad Iqbal live-life dies bravery I tell you the sign of a believer; When Death comes, there is a smile on his lips Muhammad Iqbal believer lips Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed. Muhammad Iqbal democracy people When the thinking of a people becomes corrupt, the pure silver becomes impure in its hands. Muhammad Iqbal hands people thinking Words, without power, is mere philosophy. Muhammad Iqbal mere philosophy 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 rising dust world 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 party leader law The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Muhammad Iqbal ego-problem motivational inspirational The man of Love follows the path of God-and shows affection to both the believer and the nonbe-liever. Muhammad Iqbal affection path men If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion. Muhammad Iqbal ifs doe lost My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man. Muhammad Iqbal brahmins spending men 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 aggravation understanding men When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. Muhammad Iqbal burning heart philosophy The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought. Muhammad Iqbal democracy men two Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture. Muhammad Iqbal vision doe giving
