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Said in the 1100s

• “By the Holy Face of Lucca.”

  William II of England (died 1100) said by 1100 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers, things standing shall fall, but the moving ever shall stay.”

  Basava (1134–1196) said by 1196 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«گفتار لطیف و خوی نیکوست ترا/ خوبی و لطافت صفت و خوست تو را// عیب تو جز این نیست که در عشق یکی‌ست/ بیگانه و خویش و دشمن و دوست تو را.»”

  عبدالواسع جبلی (1100–1160) said by 1160 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Quicquid Venus imperat Labor est suavis, quę nunquam in cordibus habitat ignavis.”

  Archpoet (1130–1165) said by 1165 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The man who makes his religion a means to the gaining of this world, will lose both worlds alike; whereas the man who gives up this world for the sake of religion, will get both worlds alike.”

  Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1056–1111) said by 1111 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Faith and Practice of Al-Ghazali, Allen & Unwin (1963), p. 152.

• “Wisdom enlightens human beings so that they may recognise themselves.”

  Hugh of Saint Victor (1096–1141) said by 1141 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The bird that sings the song of pain is love The courier who knows the tongue of the Unseen is love The existence that call you to nonexistence is love And that which redeems you from you is love”

  Khaqani (1121–1199) said by 1199 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«آسمان از عزم او گردد همی گرد زمین// آفتاب از حزم او تابد همی بر روزگار»”

  ادیب صابر (1078–1151) said by 1151 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus, cor non dolet.”

  Bernard of Clairvaux (1091–1153) said by 1153 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Bernardus Claraevallensis (la)

• “Who sits alone by the bright window? My shadow and I, only we two. But the lamp burns out, there is darkness. Even my shadow forsakes me. Alas, alas! I am forlorn!”

  Li Qingzhao (1084–1155) said by 1155 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: To the Tune of ‘Like a Dream’", in The White Pony: An Anthology Of Chinese Poetry (G. Allen & Unwin, 1949), ed. Robert Payne, p. 300

• “«امتی را یک نبی بس، ملتی را یک کتاب// عالمی را یک ملک بس، لشکری را یک امیر»”

  امیرمعزی (1048–1127) said by 1127 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The more noble and powerful a creature is, the more willingly it submits to the truth. Indeed it is powerful and noble precisely because of its submission.”

  Guigo I (1083–1136) said by 1136 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«بدان و آگاه باش که! نشان راه عشق آن است که زبان گنگ گردد و دل گویا چشم نابینا گردد و دل بینا گوش کر گردد و دل شنوا نفس ضعیف گردد و توکل قوی سودا برود و همت بلند گردد هنر و تمنا برسد و یقین فرا رسد رغبت برسد زهد و قناعت فرا رسد شک برسد تسلیم و یقین فرا رسد امل برسد شوق و محبت و ارادت حرقت و نیاز و ملامت از خلق فرا رسد راه عاشقان به شرط این باشد.»”

  احمد جامی (1048–1141) said by 1141 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “O venerable father Bernard, I lay my claim before you, for, highly honored by God, you bring fear to the immoral foolishness of this world and, in your intense zeal and burning love for the Son of God, gather men [cf. Luke 5.10] into Christ's army to fight under the banner of the cross against pagan savagery. I beseech you in the name of the Living God to give heed to my queries.”

  Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) first seen 1146 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1146-47

• “«گیرد از امن در حوالی تو// مرغ و ماهی چو در حرم احرام»”

  انوری ابیوردی (1116–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Having meditated on gentleness and on compassion, I have forgotten the difference between myself and others.”

  Milarepa (1040–1135) said by 1135 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: From the song offered to Geshe Tsaphoua, as quoted in Meditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters (2003) by Daniel Odier, p. 104

• “Aisso non es amors; aitaus No·n a mas lo nom e·l parven, Que re non ama si no pren.”

  Bernart de Ventadorn (1140–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 19; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.

• “For being transferred from the City to the Greeks, from the Greeks to the Franks, from the Franks to the Lombards, from the Lombards again to the German Franks, that empire not only became decrepit and senile through lapse of time, but also, like a once smooth pebble that has been rolled this way and that by the waters, contracted many a stain and developed many a defect.”

  Otto of Freising (1111–1158) said by 1158 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The Rsines of any two arcs of a circle are reciprocally multiplied by their Rcosines; the products are then divided by the radius; the sum of the quotients is equal to the Rsine of the sum of the two arcs, and their difference is the Rsine of the difference of the arcs.”

  Bhāskara II (1114–1185) first seen 1150 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Bhaskara II (1150) (Siddhantashiromani Goladhyaya, Jyotpatti 21 and 22):चापयोरिष्टयोर्दोर्ज्ये मिथः कोटिज््यकाहते।त्रिज््ययाभक्ते तयोरै क््ययं तच््चचापैक््यस््य दोर््ज््यका॥चापान््तरस््य जीवा स््ययात्तयोरन््तरसंमिता।अन्…

• “Children are brought up in the way in which their elders were brought up.”

  Saladin (1138–1193) said by 1193 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Munich 113. Lyons and Jackson (1982) ch. 1, p. 3

• “What a ruler has to rely upon is only the human heart. Human hearts are to the ruler what roots are to a tree, what oil is to a lamp, water to fish, fields to a farmer, or money to a merchant.”

  Su Shi (1037–1101) said by 1101 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted in Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 (1999), Wm. Theodore De Bary & Irene Bloom

• “Nus ne puet estre trop parliers Qui sovent tel chose ne die Qui torné li est affolie, Car li sages dit et retrait: Qui trop parole, il se mesfait.”

  Chrétien de Troyes (1135–1181) said by 1181 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Line 1650.

• “We learn from here the humility of the Holy One, Blessed is He. Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them.”

  Rashi (1040–1105) said by 1105 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source