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.

Though the terror of the sea gives to none security, in the secret of the shell. Self preserving we may dwell.

I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.

But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people's entry into the main current of world-events.

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.

My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man.

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