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“That it has pleased God to make Holy Scripture obscure in certain places lest, if it were perfectly clear to all, it might be vulgarized and subjected to disrespect or be so misunderstood by people of limited intelligence as to lead them into error.”
Pope Gregory VII (1020–1085) first seen 1079 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In response to the request made in 1079 by Vratislaus, duke of Bohemia, seeking permission to use Slavonic in local church services. Quoted in Awake! magazine (December 2011), p. 7; "They Tried to Keep God's Word From t…
“One is telling a story about old times when someone breaks in with a little detail that he happens to know, implying that one's own version is inaccurate — disgusting behavior! (p. 46)”
Sei Shōnagon (966–1025) said by 1025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No tool is more beneficial than intelligence. No enemy is more harmful than ignorance.”
Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948–1022) said by 1022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams, 1981, "The Life of the Commander of the Faithful" (I. K. A. Howard (tr.)).
“The Hindus believe with regard to God that he is one, eternal, without beginning and end, acting by free-will, almighty, all-wise, living, giving life, ruling, preserving; one who in his sovereignty is unique, beyond all likeness and unlikeness, and that he does not resemble anything nor does anything resemble him.”
Al-Biruni (973–1048) said by 1048 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vol. I, p. 27, quoted in , “The dharma of Islam and the dīn of Hinduism: Hindus and Muslims in the age of Śivājī”, International Journal of Hindu Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, 1999.
“زيادة المرء في دنياه نقصان وربحه غير محض الخير خسران”
Abu al-Fath al-Busti (942–1010) said by 1010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first nation (to have cultivated science) is India. This is a powerful nation having a large population, and a rich kingdom (possession). India is known for the wisdom of its people. Over many centuries, all the kings of the past have recognized the ability of the Indians in all the branches of knowledge.”
Said al-Andalusi (1029–1070) said by 1070 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They recite their sacred books, although the fact informs me that these are a fiction from first to last. O Reason, thou (alone) speakest the truth. Then perish the fools who forged the (religious) traditions or interpreted them!”
Al-Ma'arri (973–1057) said by 1057 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Get up and bring fur clothes as Autumn is here A cold wind is blowing from the Khawrazm yonder Look at that vine leaf hanging on the vine bough It looks like the shirt of dyers The farmer is biting his finger with wonder As in the lawn or garden is left no more rose or lavender”
Manuchehri (1000–1040) said by 1040 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I have not been able to write well, I have at any rate written truthfully, using as authorities those who are best informed about the subject.”
Adam of Bremen (1100–1085) said by 1085 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ostentatious man purposely acts in such a way as to win popularity, while the Malàmatí purposely acts in such a way that the people reject him. Both have their thoughts fixed on mankind and do not pass beyond that sphere.”
Ali Hujwiri (1009–1072) said by 1072 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Æmulabatur Ægyptum regularium cœnobiorum collegiis.”
William of Poitiers (1020–1090) said by 1090 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Scriptores Rerum Francicarum, vol. 11, p. 89. Paraphrased by Jules Michelet, History of France, tr. G. H. Smith, vol. 1 (New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1882), p. 197
“I before Thy greatness Stand, and am afraid:— All my secret thoughts Thine eye beholdeth Deep within my bosom laid.”
Solomon ibn Gabirol (1020–1070) said by 1070 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love came and flew as blood in my veins Emptied me of myself and filled me with beloved. Each part of my being she conquered Now a mere name is left to me and the rest is she.”
Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr (967–1049) said by 1049 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The church shall be catholic, chaste and free: catholic in faith and the communion of saints, chaste from all contagion of evil, and free from all secular power.”
Pope Urban II (1035–1099) first seen 1050 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Decree, also quoted in Colin Morris, The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 (1991), p. 125
“Dwell in the company of the Lord and forsake the company of the world because one should associate oneself with a friend and there is no friend superior to the Lord.”
Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani (963–1033) said by 1033 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source