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• “«نشسته در دل و چشم ملوک هیبت او// چنانکه صولت می در طبیعت مخمور»”

  ظهیرالدین فاریابی (1156–1201) said by 1201 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “رای بی قوت مکر و فسون است، و قوت بی رای، جهل و جنون.”

  سعدی (1210–1292) said by 1292 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.”

  Arnaud Amalric (1160–1225) said by 1225 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Jalâl al-Dîn whom all the rulers on earth held in awe and feared." - Ibn Al-Athir.”

  Jalal al-Din Mangburni (1199–1231) first seen 1231 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Al-Athir, Ibn (1231). The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'I-Ta'rikh. Translated by D. S. Richards. Part 3. London and New York. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. P. 302 ISBN 978075464…

• “(About Martha of Bethany) There is no written source indicating that she ever married or had relationships with men. It was she who, as a noble mistress, wanted to serve the Lord, insisting that her sister also serve, since she thought that the service of the whole world was not enough for such a guest. (p. 560)”

  Jacobus de Voragine (1228–1298) said by 1298 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה”

  Ramban (1194–1270) said by 1270 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Danicam uero regionem giganteo quondam cultu exercitam eximie magnitudinis saxa ueterum bustis ac specubus affixa testantur. Quod si quis ui monstruosa patratum ambigat, quorundam montium excelsa suspiciat dicatque, si callet, quis eorum uerticibus cautes tante granditatis inuexerit.”

  Saxo Grammaticus (1150–1220) said by 1220 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Sec. 3, par. 1 (ed. Karsten Friis-Jensen, 2015; tr. Oliver Elton, 1894)

• “Era davvero molto occupato con Gesù. Gesù portava sempre nel cuore, Gesù sulle labbra, Gesù nelle orecchie, Gesù negli occhi, Gesù nelle mani, Gesù in tutte le altre membra.”

  Thomas of Celano (1190–1260) said by 1260 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “As Cain was a wanderer and an outcast, not to be killed by anyone but marked with the sign of fear on his forehead, so the Jews ... against whom the voice of the blood of Christ cries out ... although they are not to be killed they must always be dispersed as wanderers upon the face of the earth.”

  Pope Innocent III (1160–1216) said by 1216 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Migne, Patrologia, CCXV, 1291. See The Talmud Unmasked by J. B. Pranaitis, p. 89

• “John Baldock, The Essence of Rumi (London: Arcturus, 2005)”

  Rumi (1207–1273) said by 1273 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival…was where love and marriage were brought together. It was an apple of a story. That's my favorite love story.”

  Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170–1220) said by 1220 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Joseph Campbell (ed. Robert Walter and Phil Cousineau) The Hero’s Journey (Novato: New World Library, [1990] 2003) p. 104.

• “In the year of his accession, the Sultan felt the repression of the Miwdttis to be the first of his duties, and for a whole year he was occupied in overthrowing them and in scouring the jungles, which he effectually accomplished. Great numbers of Miwdttis were put to the sword.”

  Ghiyas ud din Balban (1201–1287) said by 1287 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Therefore, you must stop comprehending the conduct of investigating words and chasing discourses. You must learn to step backward to turn your light around to reflect on yourself. Mind and body will naturally fall away and your original face will manifest itself. If you wish to attain suchness, devote yourself to suchness at once.”

  Dōgen (1200–1253) said by 1253 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “گفتند: ما را تفسیر قرآن بساز. گفتم: تفسیر ما چنان است که می‌دانید. نی از محمد! و نی از خدا! این «من» نیز منکر می‌شود مرا. می‌گویمش: چون منکری، رها کن، برو. ما را چه صداع (دردسر) می‌دهی؟ می‌گوید: نی. نروم! سخن من فهم نمی‌کند. چنان‌که آن خطاط سه گونه خط نوشتی: یکی او خواندی، لا غیر … یکی را هم او خواندی هم غیر او … یکی نه او خواندی نه غیر او. آن خط سوم منم که سخن گویم. نه من دانم، نه غیر من.”

  شمس تبریزی (1185–1248) said by 1248 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The heart possesses subtle organs of perception, which are progressively purifies by the performance of dhikr, together with other spiritual discipline and exercises.”

  Najmuddin Kubra (1145–1221) said by 1221 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[Perspectiva communis was written to] compress into concise summaries the teachings of perspective, which [in existing treatises] are presented with great obscurity.”

  John Peckham (1227–1292) said by 1292 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: as quoted by John Freely, Before Gaileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe (2012)

• “Your face is neither infinite nor ephemeral. You can never see your own face, only a reflection, not the face itself.”

  Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221) said by 1221 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Looking For Your Own Face", translated by Coleman Barks, The Hand of Poetry: Five Mystic Poets of Persia (1993)

• “From far, far in the distant past, Down to this day, this very instant, Those things we have longed for most Have not been attained, and we sorrow.”

  Ippen (1239–1289) said by 1289 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.”

  Albertus Magnus (1200–1280) said by 1280 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Attributed to Albertus Magnus in: R.C. Bless (1996) Discovering the cosmos. p. 686.

• “The world has spilled Love's secret — when could music ever hold its tongue? Every atom babbles the mystery — Listen yourself, for I'm no tattletale!”

  Fakhruddin 'Iraqi (1213–1289) said by 1289 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Knowledge is like the carrot, few know by looking at the green top that the best part, the orange part, is there. Like the carrot, if you don't work for it, it will wither away and rot. And finally, like the carrot, there are a great many donkeys and jackasses that are associated with it.”

  Nasreddin (1208–1284) said by 1284 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Dan Keding, Elder Tales: stories of wisdom and courage from around the world (2008), , p. 151

• “Be·l saupra plus cobert far! Mas non a chans pretz enter, Can tuch no·n son parsoner.”

  Giraut de Bornelh (1138–1215) said by 1215 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: A penas sai comensar", line 9; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 129.

• “We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh, but, instead, we must be simple, humble and pure.”

  Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) said by 1226 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source