Muhammad Iqbal

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

— Muhammad Iqbal

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I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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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

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It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Since love first made the breast an instrument Of fierce lamenting, by its flame my heart Was molten to a mirror, like a rose I pluck my breast apart, that I may hang This mirror in your sight. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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