"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."

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Source : Sir Muhammad Iqbal (2000). “The religious thought in Islam”

Muhammad Iqbal

#Mean Quotes #Maturity Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“If we bought everything on the Internet, our eyes and mouths and nostrils would probably begin to film over with a tegument - one initially tissue-thin and capable of being removed each morning, but which gradually thickened and hardened until we were imprisoned in our own tiny minds.”
“Hell is the place for people who did not live their lives according to the best of what was in them.”
“Forgive for your sake, if not for theirs. Those who can forgive live healthier, happier, and less stressful lives.”
“It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still asking.”
“The goal of the corps of NCOs, whose duty is the day-to-day business of running the Army so that the officer corps has time to command it, is to continue to improve our Army at every turn. We want to leave it better than we found it. Regardless of the kind of unit you're in, it ought to be an "elite" outfit, because its NCOs can make it one.”
“What is a magazine? A small body of Literature entirely surrounded by advertisements.”
“... what most people tell you a confidence for is to get something off their chest which hasn't really been on it. They don't necessarily want to hide the truth from you, but they're out to hide it from themselves”
“The word 'question' is derived from the Latin quaerere 'to seek,' which is the same root as the word for quest. A creative life is a continued quest, and good questions are useful guides.”

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