Muhammad Iqbal quotes

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.

If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.

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.

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

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

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

Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.

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

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

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

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.

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

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

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

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

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

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.

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.

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.

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

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

The thought of a limit to perceptual space and time staggers the mind.

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.

But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.

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.

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.