Another way of judging the value of a prophet's religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message.
Muhammad IqbalIt is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising.
Muhammad IqbalWhy should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?
Muhammad IqbalThe spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of human thought to their hiding places, and in this pursuit it may finally end in denial or a frank admission of the incapacity of pure reason to reach the ultimate reality.
Muhammad Iqbal