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In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command. ↗

— 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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I cannot live without books. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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

— Muhammad Iqbal

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

— Muhammad Iqbal

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

— Muhammad Iqbal

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