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Quote by Muhammad Iqbal
Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the h

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. – Muhammad Iqbal

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The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer. – Muhammad Iqbal

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Nature
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The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time. – Muhammad Iqbal

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Experience
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Another way of judging the value of a prophets 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 Iqbal

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Experience
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Poetry
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And I know Im supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books… and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I cant quite muster the guilt anymore. – Julianna Baggott

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Poetry

I certainly cant speak for all cultures or all societies, but its clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. Its not part of the cultural mainstream. – Mark Strand

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Poetry

Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not idealistic, and the idealistic not feminine. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Poetry

Its always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. Its hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope. – Tom Hanks

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Poetry

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Dreams grow holy put in action. – Adelaide Anne Procter

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No barber shaves so close but another finds his work. – English Proverb

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