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“[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)
“The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary.”
Maimonides (1135–1204) said by 1204 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the first vigilante enemy of Genghis Khan." Thomas Osborne.”
Jalal al-Din Mangburni (1199–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Osborne (1759). An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 4. p. 436.
“[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.
“O frate," disse, "chesti qu'io ti cerno col ditto," e additò un spirto innanzi, "fu miglior fabbro del parlar materno. Versi d'amore e prose di romanzi soverchiò tutti; e lascia dir li stolti che quel di Lemosì credon ch'avanzi.”
Arnaut Daniel (1150–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dante Purgatorio, canto 26, line 115; translation by Laurence Binyon, in Dante's Purgatorio (1938) p. 309.
“When other sects speak well of Zen, the first thing that they praise is its poverty.”
Dōgen (1200–1253) said by 1253 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Food, clothing, and shelter are the three evil paths. To desire and make a display of clothing is karma for the path of beasts. To greedily crave food is karma for the path of famished ghosts. To set up a shelter is karma for the path of hell. Hence, if you aspire to part from the three evil paths, you must free yourself from food, clothing, and shelter.”
Ippen (1239–1289) said by 1289 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nasrudin, your donkey has been lost." "Thank goodness I was not on the donkey at the time, or I would be lost too.”
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
“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
“He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cup-bearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgment.”
Saadi (1210–1292) said by 1292 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bel companho, en chantan vos apel! No dormatz plus, qu'eu auch chantar l'auzel Que vai queren lo jorn per lo boschatge Et ai paor que.l gilos vos assatge Et ades sera l'alba.”
Giraut de Bornelh (1138–1215) said by 1215 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reis glorios", line 11; translation from Gale Sigal Erotic Dawn-Songs of the Middle Ages (1996) p. 148.
“This temple of Somnãt was built upon fifty-six pillars of teak wood covered with lead. The idol itself was in a chamber… Yamînu’d daula seized it, part of it he burnt, and part of it he carried away with him to Ghaznî, where he made it a step at the entrance of the Jãmi‘ masjid…”
Ibn al-Athir (1160–1233) first seen 1030 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ibn al-Athir The Complete History, Sultãn Mahmûd of Ghazni (AD 997-1030) Somnath (Gujarat) Elliot and Dowson, Vol. II. pp. 469-71
“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
“Minus enim acceptantur dona, que prestat inuisus. Sane gratiora sunt, que ab amicis porriguntur. Adeo interdum ex offerente oblati precium pendet.”
Saxo Grammaticus (1150–1220) said by 1220 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sec. 4, para. 3 (ed. Karsten Friis-Jensen, 2015; tr. Peter Fisher, 1979)
“Though the river's current never fails, the water passing, moment by moment, is never the same. Where the current pools, bubbles form on the surface, bursting and disappearing as others rise to replace them, none lasting long. In this world, people and their dwelling places are like that, always changing.”
Kamo no Chōmei (1155–1216) said by 1216 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Numquam enim audiendi quod aliquis monachus super puerum incubuisset, quin statim post ipsum surrexisset puer.”
Walter Map (1140–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Distinction 1, Chapter 24 (tr. M. R. James et al., 1983)
“My posterity has been snatched from me...The young king and the Count of Britanny sleep in dust. Their unhappy mother is forced to live on, ceaselessly tormented by their memory...I have lost the staff of my age, the light of my eyes.”
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124–1204) first seen 1193 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Pope Celestine III (1193), in Amy Kelly, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings (1950), ch. 30
“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
“Você tem uma dívida de gratidão com todos os seres vivos. Sendo assim, você deve ajudar todos eles a atingirem o estado de Buda.”
Nichiren (1222–1282) said by 1282 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The conqueror entered the city and its vicinity was freed from idols and idol-worship; and in the sanctuaries of the images of the gods, mosques were razed by the worshippers of the one God”.”
Hasan Nizami (died 1217) said by 1217 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: -- Taj-ul-Maasir: Hasan Nizami quoted in: Qutab Minar & Adjoining Monuments: Archeological Survey of India, 2002 p 31. also in Balakrishna, S., Lessons from Hindu History in 10 Episodes (2020)
“Among his “Victories and Conquests” is counted the “bringing away of the idol of Mahakal, which they have planted before the gateway of the Jami’ Masjid at the capital city of Delhi in order that all true believers might tread upon it.”
Iltutmish (1192–1236) said by 1236 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh). Tabqat-i-Nasiri, translated into English by Major H.G. Reverty, New Delhi Reprint, 1970, Vol. I, pp. 628
“Nel nome del Signore. Così sia. Tra gli altri benefici che in dono dal nostro Padre di misericordia abbiamo ricevuto e ogni giorno riceviamo, per i quali dobbiamo rendere grazie di più alla sua gloria, vi è la nostra grande vocazione, per la quale tanto più gli dobbiamo gratitudine, quanto è più perfetta e più grande.”
Clare of Assisi (1194–1253) said by 1253 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the year AH 599 (AD 1202), Kutbu-d dîn proceeded to the investment Kãlinjar, on which expedition he was accompanied by the Sãhib-Kirãn, Shamsu-d dîn Altamsh… The temples were converted into mosques and abodes of goodness, and the ejaculations of bead-counters and voices of summoners to prayer ascended to high heaven, and the very name of idolatry was annihilated…”
Qutb al-Din Aibak (1150–1210) said by 1210 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source