من قَدَر الإنسان أن يشارك الكونَ من حوله تطلّعاتِه العميقة، وأن يتقاسم مصيرَه مع مصير الكون؛ فتارةً يُكيّف نفسه مع قواه، وطورًا يسخّر طاقته كلّها لغاياته وأغراضه.

“It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.”Muhammad Iqbal — The pilgrimage of eternity: being an English translation of Muhammad Iqbal's Javid nama by Shaikh Mahmud Ahmad. With a foreword by S. A. Rahman (1961)