Muhammad Iqbal Quotes

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• Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean from a dewdrop. Do not beg for light…
• The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought.
• Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed.
• The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of human thought to…
• 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…
• It is absolutely certain that God does exist.
• My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man.
• Look at the evils of the world around you and protect yourself from them. Our teachers give all the wrong messages to our youth, since…
• The thought of a limit to perceptual space and time staggers the mind.
• I have never considered myself a poet. Therefore, I am not a rival of anyone, and I do not consider anybody my rival.
• I tell you the sign of a believer; When Death comes, there is a smile on his lips
• Our bread and water are of one table: the progeny of Adam are as a single soul.
• The possessor of a sound heart puts to test his power by entering into big adventures.
• If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.
• The Westerners have lost the vision of heaven, they go hunting for the pure spirit in the belly. The pure soul takes not color and…
• The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly.
• When the thinking of a people becomes corrupt, the pure silver becomes impure in its hands.
• The man of Love follows the path of God-and shows affection to both the believer and the nonbe-liever.
• British physician, West African Countries and Peoples Man's place is higher than the sky. Respect for man is the underlying spirit of civilization.
• I tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer.

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