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“Io Chiara, serva di Cristo, pianticella del nostro santo padre Francesco [...].”
Clare of Assisi (1194–1253) said by 1253 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
“Jalaluddin Khalji led an expedition to Ranthambhor in 1291 AD. On the way he destroyed Hindu temples at Jhain. The broken idols were sent to Delhi to be spread before the gates of the Jama Masjid.”
Jalal-ud-Din Khalji (1220–1296) said by 1296 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni, quoted from Goel, Sita Ram (2001). The story of Islamic imperialism in India. ISBN 9788185990231 Ch. 6
“כל התורה כולה שמותיו של הקב״ה”
Ramban (1194–1270) said by 1270 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life of St Francis of Assisi, TAN Books, 2010.”
Bonaventure (1221–1274) said by 1274 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A severe action ensued from dawn to mid-day, when "the army of idolatry and damnation turned its back in flight from the line of battle.... fifty thousand infidels were despatched to hell by the sword... and from the heaps of the slain, the hills and the plains became of one level.”
Hasan Nizami (died 1217) said by 1217 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At that time there lived a venerable virgin, now advanced in age, named Apollonia, adorned with the flowers of chastity, sobriety and purity. Like a solid pillar strengthened by the spirit of the Lord himself, admired for the merits of her steadfast faith and for the virtues that the Lord had given her, she offered men and angels the edifying spectacle of herself. (p. 368)”
Jacobus de Voragine (1228–1298) said by 1298 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since the Jews may not licitly keep those things which they have extorted from others through usury, the consequence is also that if you [rulers] receive these things from them, neither may you licitly keep them.[…] You should restore them to those to whom the Jews themselves are morally bound to make restitution.”
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) said by 1274 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The head is borne towards the heavens and has two lights, as it were the sun and moon.”
Robert Grosseteste (1168–1253) said by 1253 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by J. J. McEvoy, The philosophy of Robert Grosseteste (1982) p. 372.
“Detachment from worldly things is the most essential qualification required for a true dervish. His separation from everything, including his own self is the only way for the realization of kingship with God.”
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173–1236) said by 1236 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ieu sui Arnautz qu'amas l'aura E cas la lebre ab lo bueu E nadi contra suberna.”
Arnaut Daniel (1150–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ab gai so cundet e leri", line 43; translation from Ezra Pound The Spirit of Romance (1910) p. 30.
“The sea Will be a sea Whatever the drop's philosophy.”
Attar of Nishapur (1145–1221) said by 1221 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis (2003), p. 285
“Expressions are many but Thy loveliness is one; Each of us refers to that single Beauty.”
Fakhruddin 'Iraqi (1213–1289) said by 1289 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The mouthpiece of the half-inarticulate, all-suggesting music that is at once the very soul and the inseparable garment of romance.”
Walther von der Vogelweide (1170–1230) said by 1230 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: George Saintsbury The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1923) p. 258.
“אשרי הסובלים בדומייה.”
פרנציסקוס מאסיזי (1182–1226) said by 1226 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After a long time the great and awful Name was forgotten and the people, men, women and children, only recognized an image of wood or stone and the temple of wood or stone which they had been brought up from infancy to serve by bowing down.”
Maimonides (1135–1204) said by 1204 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Idolatry,” H. Russell, trans. (1983), p. 72
“Felix est illa civitas quae in pace bellum cogitat.”
Gerald of Wales (1146–1220) said by 1220 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can see in the dark." "That may be so, Mulla. But if it is true, why do you sometimes carry a candle at night?" "To prevent other people from bumping into me.”
Nasreddin (1208–1284) said by 1284 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: N. Hanif (ed.), Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East (2002), , p. 343
“Sultan Balban, while he was a Khan, was addicted to wine drinking.”
Ghiyas ud din Balban (1201–1287) said by 1287 at the latest wikiquote, 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
“What is common to all the divine Attributes is that they are modes through which the Essence can interact with the temporal world. The Attributes of God can be divided into two types: Attribues of Majesty that mediate the power and wrath of God, and Attributes of Beauty that convey the grace and mercy of God.”
Ruzbihan Baqli (1128–1209) said by 1209 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If one must drink, then let one drink thrice a month, for more is bad. If one gets drunk twice a month, it is better; if one gets drunk once a month, that is better still; and if one doesn't drink at all, that is the best of all.”
Genghis Khan (1162–1227) said by 1227 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Rashid al-Din's Compendium of Chronicles (Jami' al-Tawarikh), translated by WM Thackston, 1998 edition, pg 297
“מבקש מכבודו לצוות לקצת תלמידיו להגיהם בדקדוק גדול פעם ושתים עד שיהיו בטוחים שלא נשאר בהם טעות. ויחתום אדוננו בהם אחר שיתאמת לו טוב הגהתם." ~ מכתב לרמב"ם”
שמואל אבן תיבון (1150–1230) said by 1230 at the latest wikiquote:he, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the state of elevation, the mystic may be able to read heavenly books in languages and characters previously unknown to him and learn the heavenly names of things and beings in including his own eternal name which is different from his wordly name.”
Najmuddin Kubra (1145–1221) said by 1221 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source