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- A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. — W. H. Auden
- There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean de la Bruyere
- Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. — Edmund Burke
- Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world. — 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
- When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. — Muhammad Iqbal