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Said in the 1100s

• “清夜无尘，月色如银 。 酒斟时须满十分。 浮名浮利，虚苦劳神。 叹隙中驹， 石中火， 梦中身。 虽抱文章，开口谁亲？ 且陶陶乐尽天真。 几时归去，作个闲人， 对一张琴， 一壶酒， 一溪云。”

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

  Recorded in: Random Thoughts, to the Tune of Shinghsiangtse" (《行香子·述怀》), in Lin Yutang Chinese-English Bilingual Edition: Selected Poems and Prose of Su Tungpo, trans. Lin Yutang (Taipei: Cheng Chung Book, 2008), p. 145

• “What a sight! The air was full of the harsh sound of arrows thudding from bows, horses reared up in terror and the mountains reverberated with the din of battle.”

  Matthew of Edessa (1100–1144) said by 1144 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Tunc invitatis probissimis quibusque ex longe positis regnis, cepit familiam suam augmentare, tantamque facetiam in domo sua habere ita et emulationem longe manentibus populis ingereret. Unde nobilissimus quisque incitatus nichili pendebat se nisi sese sive in induendo sive in arma ferendo ad modo militum Arturi haberet.”

  Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100–1155) said by 1155 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Thou must not deem it improbable that exalted divine traces should be visible in this material world, when this matter is prepared to receive them. Here are to be found the roots of faith as well as of unbelief”

  Judah Halevi (1075–1141) said by 1141 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “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.

• “We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions.”

  Richard I of England (1157–1199) said by 1199 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Richard on King Philip II of France's early departure from the Third Crusade; Quoted in Christopher Tyerman, God's War: A New History of the Crusades, Harvard University Press, 2006, (p.455). (from primary source)

• “I establish a firm peace in all my kingdom, and I order that this peace shall henceforth be kept.”

  Henry I of England (1068–1135) first seen 1042 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Coronation Charter (5 August 1100), quoted in English Historical Documents, Vol. II. 1042–1189, eds. David C. Douglas and George W. Greenaway (1953), p. 402

• “The Asharites have expressed a very peculiar opinion, both with regard to reason and religion; about this problem they have explained it in a way in which religion has not, but have adopted quite an opposite method.”

  Averroes (1126–1198) said by 1198 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “היה שמח היום! אל נא תדבר על יום אתמול.”

  עומר ח'יאם (1048–1131) said by 1131 at the latest wikiquote:he, 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

• “הֲפָשַׁט הַזְּמָן בִּגְדֵי חֲרָדוֹת וְלָבַשׁ אֶת בְּגָדָיו הַחֲמוּדוֹת.”

  יהודה הלוי (1075–1141) said by 1141 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “נתת פת לתינוק הודיע לאמו." ~ במדבר, כ"א, ט"ז”

  רש"י (1040–1105) said by 1105 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He knows nothing about crimes, or else he weighs them in unjust balances.”

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

  Recorded in: Quoted in The Atlantic Monthly (September 1882), p. 407

• “Impassibilis est Deus, sed non incompassibilis.”

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

• “I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. But in the name of Almighty God, I forbid you to hurt my people whether clerk or lay.”

  Thomas Becket (1119–1171) said by 1171 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Do you know what I benefitted from this world? Nothing And what I gained from the days of life? Nothing I am a candle of wisdom; but when extinguished, nothing I am the cup of Jamshid; but when broken nothing”

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

• “Keueisy vun dunn diwyrnawd; keueisy dwy, handid mwy eu molawd; keueisy deir a pheddir a phawd; keueisy bymp o rei gwymp eu gwyngnawd; keueisy chwech heb odech pechawd; gwen glaer uch gwengaer yt ym daerhawd; keueisy sseith ac ef gweith gordygnawd; keueisy wyth yn hal pwyth peth or wawd yr geint; ys da deint rac tauaed.”

  Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (1150–1170) said by 1170 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Gorhoffedd" (The Boast), line 75; translation from Robert Gurney Bardic Heritage (London: Chatto & Windus, 1969) p. 41.

• “Entities other than Brahman can be objects of such cognitions of the nature of joy only to a finite extent and for limited duration. But Brahman is such that cognizing of him is an infinite and abiding joy. It is for this reason that the shruti [scripture] says, `Brahman is bliss’ ( II.6.) Since the form of cognition as joy is determined by its object, Brahman itself is joy.”

  Ramanuja (1017–1137) first seen 1017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ramanuja. Vedarthasangraha §241, as quoted by Shyam Ranganathan "Rāmānuja (c. 1017 – c. 1137 CE)," at Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Accessed May 20. 2014.

• “Est ergo tyranni et principis hæc differentia sola, quod hic legi obtemperat, et ejus arbitrio populum regit, cujus se credit ministrum.”

  John of Salisbury (1110–1180) said by 1180 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “We have experienced the truth of this prophecy, for England has become the habitation of outsiders and the dominion of foreigners. Today, no Englishman is earl, bishop, or abbott, and newcomers gnaw away at the riches and very innards of England; nor is there any hope for an end of this misery.”

  William of Malmesbury (1095–1143) first seen 1066 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quoted in Hugh M. Thomas, The English and the Normans: Ethnic Hostility, Assimilation and Identity 1066–c.1220 (Oxford University Press, 2003), p. 56

• “People take pride on the basis of wealth and are looked down on the basis of poverty.”

  Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (1117–1197) said by 1197 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A person has 300 rupees and 6 horses; and another person has 10 horses and 100 rupees debt; and the property of the two is equal; and the price of the horses is the same; what then is the value of each?”

  Bhāskara II (1114–1185) said by 1185 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Colebrooke, Henry Thomas. Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration, from the Sanskrit of Brahmegupta and Bhascara. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1817

• “Angels, living light most glorious! Beneath the Godhead in burning desire in the darkness and mystery of creation you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: What glorious pleasures take shape within you!”

  Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) said by 1179 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source