Muhammad Iqbal Quotes - Page 2

It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.

A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego.

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.

The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.

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.

Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul's contact with the body.

The possessor of a sound heart puts to test his power by entering into big adventures.

The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.

I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.

Another way of judging the value of a prophet's religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message.

Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?

Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.

Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.

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.

Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.

The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.

Sexual self-restraint was only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.

My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man.

The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought.

Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.

I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

Preserve your history and become everlasting; receive new life from the times that have gone by.

Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?