Sexual Self-restraint Was Only A

I Have Seen The Movement Of The Sinews Of The Sky, And The Blood Coursing In The Veins Of The Moon.

Vision Without Power Does Bring Moral Elevation But Cannot Give A Lasting Culture.

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.

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.

It Cannot Be Denied That Islam, Regarded As An Ethical Ideal Plus A Certain Kind Of Polity - By Which Expression I Mean A Social Structure Regulated By A Legal System And Animated By A Specific Ethical Ideal - Has Been The Chief Formative Factor In The Life-history Of The Muslims Of India. It Has Furnished Those Basic Emotions And Loyalties Which Gradually Unify Scattered Individuals And Groups, And Finally Transform Them Into A Well-defined People, Possessing A Moral Consciousness Of Their Own.