The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer. Muhammad Iqbal More Quotes by Muhammad Iqbal More Quotes From Muhammad Iqbal Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture. Muhammad Iqbal visiondoegiving A community receives light from its history, it becomes aware of itself by remembrance of its history. Muhammad Iqbal remembrancelighthistory Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass. Muhammad Iqbal glassesdustair Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end? Muhammad Iqbal literaturewisemen Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave? Muhammad Iqbal slaveborncountry Preserve your history and become everlasting; receive new life from the times that have gone by. Muhammad Iqbal new-lifegonehistory Human intellect is natures attempt at self criticism Muhammad Iqbal intellectcriticismself 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 starsstrugglebeautiful Sexual self-restraint was only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution. Muhammad Iqbal egoevolutionself 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 destinygovernmentself 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 huntingcolorheaven I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam. Muhammad Iqbal demandislamindia I tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer. Muhammad Iqbal telling-the-truthenemy 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 rivalspoetliterature The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. Muhammad Iqbal individualdeterminedego 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 clayfatedestiny Our bread and water are of one table: the progeny of Adam are as a single soul. Muhammad Iqbal onenesssoulwater The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly. Muhammad Iqbal truth-isprophetcommunism Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. Muhammad Iqbal instinctpassionmen 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 loyaltyexpressionmean
