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> [If the Muslims keep their heads cool and accept progress as a means and not an end in itself, they may pass on to Western man the lost secret of life's sweetness...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/if-the-muslims-keep-their-heads-cool-and-accept-progress-as-a-means/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

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## More by Muhammad Asad

> [...all the answers are but waiting for us while we, poor fools, ask questions and wait for the secrets of God to open themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/all-the-answers-are-but-waiting-for-us-while-we-poor-fools-ask/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [So long as Muslims continue looking towards Western civilization as the only force that could regenerate their own stagnant society, they destroy their self-confidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/so-long-as-muslims-continue-looking-towards-western-civilization-as/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [Every age requires a new approach to the Qur’an for the simple reason that the Quran is made for all ages. It is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/every-age-requires-a-new-approach-to-the-qur-an-for-the-simple-reason/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/the-religious-urge-in-man-is-not-a-mere-passing-phase-in-the-history/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [It is not enough to say, 'We are Muslims and have an ideology or our own': we must also be in a position to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/it-is-not-enough-to-say-we-are-muslims-and-have-an-ideology-or-our/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [We allow ourselves to be blown by the winds because we do know what we want: our hearts know it, even if our thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/we-allow-ourselves-to-be-blown-by-the-winds-because-we-do-know-what/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [...I suddenly felt in myself all the weight of Europe: the weight of deliberate purpose in all our actions. I thought to myself, 'How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/i-suddenly-felt-in-myself-all-the-weight-of-europe-the-weight-of/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [Of all religious systems, Islam alone declares that individual perfection is possible in our earthly existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/of-all-religious-systems-islam-alone-declares-that-individual/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [If water stands motionless in a pool it grows stale and muddy, but when it moves and flows it becomes clear: so, too, man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/if-water-stands-motionless-in-a-pool-it-grows-stale-and-muddy-but/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [...we must learn -once again- to regard Islam as the norm by which the world is to be judged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/we-must-learn-once-again-to-regard-islam-as-the-norm-by-which-the/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [...all cultural imitation, opposed as it is to creativeness, is bound to make a people small...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/all-cultural-imitation-opposed-as-it-is-to-creativeness-is-bound-to/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [We (Muslims) have no right, in our present misery, to boast of past glories. But we must realise that it was the negligence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/we-muslims-have-no-right-in-our-present-misery-to-boast-of-past/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [“Konačno, to je pitanje ljubavi, a ljubav je složena od brojnih stvari: naših želja i naše usamljenosti, naših uzvišenih ciljeva i naših mana, naše…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/kona-no-to-je-pitanje-ljubavi-a-ljubav-je-slo-ena-od-brojnih-stvari/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [By imitating the manners and the mode of life of the West,the Muslims are being gradually forced to adopt the Western moral outlook: for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/by-imitating-the-manners-and-the-mode-of-life-of-the-west-the-muslims/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

> [If the Muslims keep their heads cool and accept progress as a means and not an end in itself, they may pass on to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/if-the-muslims-keep-their-heads-cool-and-accept-progress-as-a-means/)

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