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• “Imię tej pobożnej mniszki – patronki Królestwa Polskiego, a także opiekunki dziewcząt oraz sierot – sprawiło, że lud czcił ją jako orędowniczkę wspierającą ludzi broniących się przed oszczerstwami. Pochodziła z Kamienia Opolskiego, podobnie jak pierwsi polscy dominikanie Czesław i Jacek Odrowąż.”

  Błogosławiona Bronisława (1200–1259) said by 1259 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The world but seems to be yet is nothing more than a line drawn between light and shadow. Decipher the message of this dream-script and learn to distinguish time from Eternity.”

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

• “Nigdy bowiem ludzie doskonali złem za złe nie odpłacają.”

  Wincenty Kadłubek (1150–1223) said by 1223 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Któż kiedykolwiek chociażby jeden cały dzień spędził przyjemnie... by nie zraniło go przy tym spojrzenie, dźwięk albo jakiś cios?”

  Innocenty III (1160–1216) said by 1216 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Daz schuof iedoch ein wîse man, daz alter guot solde hân. jugent hât vil werdekeit, daz alter siuften unde leit. ez enwart nie niht als unfruot, sô alter unde armuot.”

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

• “Vacuum stands and remains a mathematical space. A cube placed in a vacuum would not displace anything, as it would displace air or water in a space already containing those fluids.”

  Robert Grosseteste (1168–1253) said by 1253 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Et hæc scientia certificat omnia naturalia et artificialia in particulari et in propria disciplina, per experientiam perfectam; non per argumenta, ut scientiæ pure speculativae, nec per debiles et imperfecta experientias ut scientiae operativæ. Et ideo hæc est domina omnium scientiarum præcedentium, et finis totius speculationis.”

  Roger Bacon (1220–1292) said by 1292 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ch 13 ed. J. S. Brewer Opera quadam hactenus inedita (1859) p. 46

• “Leć zwinna duszo, ruszaj w podróż dziwną leć ku morzu znaczeń, boś perłą jest cenną.”

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

• “Diu welt ist ûzen schoene wîz grüen unde rôt und innân swarzer varwe vinster sam der tôt.”

  Walther von der Vogelweide (1170–1230) said by 1230 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Owe war sint verswunden alliu mîniu jâr", line 37; translation from George Fenwick Jones Walther von der Vogelweide (New York: Twayne, 1968) p. 136.

• “Bądź dobrej myśli, miłe dziecię, nie umrzesz jeszcze i wiele dobrego uczynisz. W kościele moim weź habit tercjarek św. Franciszka, występuj śmiele przeciw nieprawościom współziomków, broń wiary świętej, nie lękaj się przeciwności.”

  Róża z Viterbo (1233–1252) said by 1252 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Piotrze, niech Pan nasz Chrystus, którego chwałę opowiadam, za wstawiennictwem błogosławionej Maryi Panny przywróci cię do życia.”

  Jacek Odrowąż (1185–1257) said by 1257 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: o. Jacek Woroniecki OP, Św. Jacek Odrowąż, Wydawnictwo Esprit SC, Kraków – Katowice 2007, s. 72.

• “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…

• “Meum est propositum in taberna mori: Vinum sit appositum morientis ori, Ut dicant cum venerint angelorum chori, Deus sit propitius huic potatori! Poculis accenditur animi lucerna; Cor imbutum nectare volat ad superna: Mihi sapit dulcius vinum in taberna, Quam quod aqua miscuit præsulis pincerna.”

  Walter Map (1140–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Drinking song, forming a portion of his poem, Confessio Goliæ, ll. 45–52. Translated by Leigh Hunt (Addit. MS. 14,343, Brit. Museum): quoted by C. W. Bingham in Notes and Queries, 2nd ser., vol. 8, no. 192 (3 September …

• “Jeśli ktoś pragnie godnie przyjąć Ciało Chrystusa, niech przepasze biodra pasem czystości, niech umacnia swoje uczucia przykładem świętych i przełoży swoje słowa na czyny.”

  Antoni Padewski (1195–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Unveiling is the mystical perception of the saint but not through abstract of philosophical knowledge, but it is a vision clothed in form especially human form. It is cognitive but apparitional revealing knowledge through divine light.”

  Ruzbihan Baqli (1128–1209) said by 1209 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[Among the different coins struck in Mahmud's reign one bore the following inscription:] "The right hand of the empire, Mahmud Sultan, son of Nasir-ud-Din Subuk-Tigin, Breaker of Idols.”

  Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193–1260) said by 1260 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Maulana Minhaj-us-Siraj: Tabqat-i-Nasiri, translated into English by Major H.G. Reverty, New Delhi Reprint, 1970, Vol. I,p. 88, footnote 2.

• “Che cos'è infatti l'autorità in mano a un superiore temerario, se non una spada in mano a un pazzo?”

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

• “Iltutmish did not forget that he was a Muslim conqueror. He showed himself to be very pious, never forgetting to do his five devotional daily….He likewise showed himself totally intolerant vis-à-vis the Hindus who refused to convert, destroying their temples and annihilating Brahmin communities.”

  Iltutmish (1192–1236) said by 1236 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “(…) każda istota w całym świecie jest odrębnym czasem w jednym continuum. A skoro istnienie jest czasem, to ja jestem moim istnieniem-czasem.”

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

• “Swem nie von liebe leit geschach, dem geschach ouch liep von liebe nie.”

  Gottfried von Strassburg (1180–1215) said by 1215 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “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

• “As you see double if you push the eye out of its place with your finger; so prelates, through evil counsel, judge a priest to be worthy of two benefices, when he ought to be contented with one.”

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

  Recorded in: De Oculo Morali quoted in Georg Herzfeld (ed.) An Old English Martyrology (1900)

• “Nasrudin walked into a house and exclaimed, "The moon is more useful than the sun." "Why?" he was asked. "Because at night we need the light more.”

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

  Recorded in: Paul Blenkiron, Stories and Analogies in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (2010), , p. 43

• “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