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.

Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny.

Thus passing through the infinite varieties of space we reach the Divine space which is absolutely free from all dimensions and constitutes the meeting point of all infinities.

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

Reh Gyi Rasm-e-Azan, Rooh-e-Bilali Na Rahi Falsafa Reh Gya, Talqeen-e-Ghazali Na Rahi Azan yet sounds, but never now Like Bilal’s, soulfully; Philosophy, conviction-less, Now mourns its Ghazzali

But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is The long nights of the grave

Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge.

For centuries Eastern heart and intellect have been absorbed in the question Does God exist? I propose to raise a new question new, that is to say, for the East Does man exist?

That is why, according to this newer psychology, Christianity has already fulfilled its biological mission, and it is impossible for the modern man to understand its original significance.

The heart is like a mirror. Do not prevent it from being broken. It’s breakage is more dearer in the sight of its maker [Allah], than its safety. Almighty Allah being indeed the Maker

I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.

I am but as the spark that gleams for a moment, His burning candle consumed me - the moth; His wine overwhelmed my goblet, The master of Rum transmuted my earth to gold And set my ashes aflame.

In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command.

Yet higher religion, which is only a search for a larger life, is essentially experience and recognized the necessity of experience as its foundation long before science learnt to do so.

If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.

The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.

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

Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind.

Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?

Conduct, which involves a decision of the ultimate fate of the agent cannot be based on illusions.

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.

Alas for a love whose fire is extinct, A love that was born in the Holy Place and died in the house of idols!

I said, "The thing we quested after is never attained." He said, "The unattainable - that thing is my desire!

If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back.

I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier.

It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.

If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped.

It's like I told you last night son. The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight, he added

Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak.

I never met a soul in this world as normal as me.

Live through it," Call said. "That's all we can do.

I think its a sickness to grieve too much for those who never cared a fig for you.

The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight.

Maybe you can make art out of unredeemed pain, but only if you're a genius -- Dostoyevsky perhaps.

Anyway, whacking a surly bartender ain't much of a crime.

Nobody run off with her,” Roscoe said. "She just run off with herself, I guess.

But just let me tell you something, son, a woman's love is like the morning dew, it's just as apt to settle on a horse turd as it is on a rose. So you better just get over it.

I hate rude behavior in a man,' he explained in his quiet, unassuming drawl. 'I won't tolerate it.' He politely tipped his hat, and rode away.

From him to the stars, in all directions, there was only silence and emptiness.

The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them.

There isn't a thought in my head I care to be alone with for more than five minutes.

A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae

Occasionally the very youngness of the young moved him to charity--they had no sense of the swiftness of life, nor of its limits. The years would pass like weeks, and loves would pass too, or else grow sour.

Uva uvum vivendo varia fit

The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters