It was not Muslims that had made Islam great; it was Islam that had made the Muslims great.
Muhammad Asad...the Muslims of recent times had fallen very short indeed of the ideals of their faith, ...nothing could be more erroneous than to measure the potentialities of Muhammad's message by the yardstick of present-day Muslim life and thought - just as he [Shaykh Mustafa al-Maraghi] said, 'it would be erroneous to see in the Christians' unloving behavior toward one another a refutation of Christ's message of love...'
Muhammad AsadIt's very impossible to live by yesterday's standards and expect extraordinary results today. Live life with passion!
Muhammad AsadOf all religious systems, Islam alone declares that individual perfection is possible in our earthly existence.
Muhammad AsadIf water stands motionless in a pool it grows stale and muddy, but when it moves and flows it becomes clear: so, too, man in his wanderings.
Muhammad AsadThe religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source of all his ethical thought and all his concepts of morality; not the outcome of primitive credulity which a more "enlightened" age could outgrow, but the only answer to a real, basic need of man at all times and in all environments. In another word, it is an instinct.
Muhammad Asad