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• “See — I have taken England with both my hands.”

  William I of England (1028–1087) first seen 1066 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Remark after he stepped off his ship on the coast of England and fell into the sand (28 September 1066), as quoted in LIFE magazine, Vol. 40, No. 13 (26 March 1956), p. 85

• “Arrogance cannot bear to see itself scorned and humility held in honor.”

  Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) said by 1022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Stillness is an undisturbed state of the intellect,”

  Niketas Stethatos (1000–1090) said by 1090 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “春风又绿江南岸，明月何时照我还？”

  Wang Anshi (1021–1086) said by 1086 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A detailed description of Suhaldev is found in Mirat-i-Masudi , a historical biography on Ghaznavid general Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud. The book was written in Persian by Abd-ur-Rahman Chishti in the 17th century. Chishti wrote the historical drama based on the book Tawarikh-i-Mahmudiwritten by Mulla Muhammad Ghaznavi, who belonged to the court of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.”

  Suhaldev (995–1050) said by 1050 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.

• “You have heard and know the nobleness of Indians - they fear not death or destruction… In affairs of honour and renown we would place ourselves upon the fire like roast meat, and upon the dagger like the sunrays.”

  Jayapala (964–1001) said by 1001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Message to Subuktigin, in Utbi, Kitab Yamini. quoted in Misra, R. G. (2005). Indian resistance to early Muslim invaders up to 1206 A.D. p.41

• “אֵין בַּגְנָזִים כְּגֶנֶז עֵצוֹת בְּנֶפֶשׁ לְיוֹם זָר.”

  שמואל הנגיד (993–1056) said by 1056 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Twas in Religion that he gloried by whom till the Day of Judgement The Arabs excel the Persians in glory. He who lacks religion is ignoble and mean, Though Feridun be his maternal, and Jamshid his paternal uncle.”

  Nasir Khusraw (1004–1088) said by 1088 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: translated by Edward. G. Browne, A Literary History of Persia, 1909, p.268

• “Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors of scholars. "The scholars" he answered, "are well aware of the use of money, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science".”

  Al-Biruni (973–1048) said by 1048 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quoted in: A.L. Mackay Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (London 1994).

• “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.)).

• “A scene like Paradise! 'Tis not Farkhar Yet all the splendour of Farkhar is there. Kisses of loyal kings imprint the earth, Faces of fair youths fill with light the air. Then look how gold and silver pleiades Bestud the rolling sky of scimitars, And how, like dagger's peral-encrusted haft, Each baldrick shows its blazonry of stars!”

  Unsuri (970–1039) said by 1039 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Without mind, without meditation, without analysis, without practice, without the will, let it all be so.”

  Tilopa (988–1069) said by 1069 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Six Precepts of Tilopa, quoted in A.S. Kline's Like Water or Clouds - The T’ang Dynasty and the Tao (1947)

• “Be glad," she said, "God brought you to fifty years in your world"— but didn't know there's no division between, as I see it, my days that have passed and Noah's of which I've heard. In the world I have nothing but the hour I'm in, which stands for a moment and then like a cloud moves on.”

  Shmuel HaNagid (993–1056) said by 1056 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The Law exists to regulate mankind whilst the Reality makes us aware of the dispositions of God. The Law exists for the service of God, whilst the Reality exists for contemplation of Him. The Law exists for obeying what he had ordained whilst the Reality is concerned with witnessing and understanding the Order he has decreed.”

  Al-Qushayri (986–1072) said by 1072 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I am very much worried about the prisoners. Their large numbers and the condition of prisons make it certain that there must be many ailing persons among them. Therefore, I am of the opinion that they must have their own doctors who should examine them every day and give them, where necessary, medicines and decoctions. Such doctors should visit all prisons and treat the sick prisoners there.”

  Ali ibn Isa al-Kahhal (940–1039) said by 1039 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The universe is an abode of Divine mysteries, which are deposited in created things.”

  Ali Hujwiri (1009–1072) said by 1072 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “What fixes and preserves a nation’s language, as well as its sciences and its history, is simply the strength of its political power, accompanied by the happy welfare and leisure of its inhabitants.”

  Ibn Hazm (994–1064) said by 1064 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: M. Asin in Al-Andalus; 1939; vol IV; p. 278.

• “# To know the emptiness of objects is to know emptiness free of appearance and free of coverings. That is the Middle Way from which the "subsequent" or conventional has been purged.”

  Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097) said by 1097 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Madhyamasatka of Metri,The Tibetan and Himalayan Library, Adyar. Library Bulletin vol. 25, pp. 539-49. (1961)

• “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