The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment. – Muhammad Iqbal
The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer. – Muhammad Iqbal
If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion. – Muhammad Iqbal
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. – Muhammad Iqbal
Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction. – Alphonsus Liguori