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“Great shame it is to deem of high degree Thyself, or over others rackon thee. Strive to be like the pupil of thine eye— To see all else, but not thyself to see.”
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1089) said by 1089 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Спокойно зажил бы, отраду обретя, О, если бы познать, кто я! Хотя бы раз Постигнуть, для чего скитаюсь я сейчас? А нет — заплакал бы я тысячами глаз.”
Ибн Сина (980–1037) said by 1037 at the latest wikiquote:ru, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“Its (Rasayan’s) principles (certain operations, drugs and compound medicines, most of which are taken from plants) restore the health… and give back youth to fading old age… white hair becomes black again, the keenness of the senses is restored as well as the capacity for juvenile agility, and even for co-habitation, and the life of the people in this world is even extended to a long period.”
Al-Biruni (973–1048) said by 1048 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 1
“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
“Whosoever seeks the truth will not proceed by studying the writings of his predecessors and by simply accepting his own good opinion of them. Whosoever studies works of science must, if he wants to find the truth, transform himself into a critic of everything he reads. He must examine tests and explanations with the greatest precision and question them from all angles and aspects.”
Alhazen (965–1039) said by 1039 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“If you don not come to repent your existence, You'll never approach the circle of gnostics and drunkards Unless in other's eyes you become an infidel, In the creed of lovers, you'll never be Muslim.”
Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr (967–1049) said by 1049 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“# "Middle way" is defined [by professors of Nirakara] in terms of a self-awareness that is not nil; it appears as blue, etc. objects, but characteristics do not arise in it.”
Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097) said by 1097 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the Lord leads one to the Path, he dwells in the Plane of Unity with Him (Tawḥīd) and none expect God knows about his state.”
Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani (963–1033) said by 1033 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“Коль хочешь говорить, скажи, но кратко,”
Юсуф Баласагуни (1017–1077) said by 1077 at the latest wikiquote:ru, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“Dilexi iustitiam et odi iniquitatem; propterea morior in exilio.”
Pope Gregory VII (1020–1085) said by 1085 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last words, as quoted in Joseph Priestley A General History of the Christian Church, vol. 1 (1802), p. 361