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• “[Cristo] imprime in noi la sua immagine e somiglianza; cioè, imprimendo in noi se stesso e i suoi doni, ci libera dai peccati, ci assolve, ci fa liberi e simili a sé.”

  Jan van Ruusbroec (1293–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I didn't believe in it for a moment but I gulped down the wine of my own voice. And then I wrestled with the darkness inside me, knocked it down, clawed at it, ripped it to shreds.”

  Lalleshwari (1320–1392) said by 1392 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “And for this reason all creatures are there without themselves as in their eternal origin, one essence and one life with God. But in the bursting-out of the Persons with distinction, so the Son is from the Father and the Holy Spirit from them both. There God has created and ordered all creatures in their own essence.”

  John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Now these people who are taken within, thumb|right|These people who are taken within, because of their boundless immanent oneness with God, see themselves as always and eternally existing because of their boundless immanent oneness with God, see themselves as always and eternally existing”

  Henry Suso (1295–1366) said by 1366 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[...] molti possono essere costretti ad affermare qualcosa, nessuno a credervi. (lib. I, cap. IV; 1992, p. 67)”

  Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374) said by 1374 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Povertate muore en pace, nullo testamento face, | lassa el mondo come iace | e la gente concordate. (da O amor de povertate).”

  Jacopone da Todi (1230–1307) said by 1307 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Tono fondamentale del Milione non è epico e poetico, ma scientifico. (Luigi Russo)”

  Marco Polo (1254–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Alla povertà poche cose fallano, ma all'avarizia tutte. (XLII)”

  Bartolomeo da San Concordio (1262–1347) said by 1347 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “This passage from nothingness to real being, this quitting of oneself is a birth accompanied by pain, for by it natural love is excluded. All grief except grief for sin comes from love of the world. In God is neither sorrow, nor grief, nor trouble. Wouldst thou be free from all grief and trouble, abide and walk in God, and to God alone. As long as love of the creature is in us, pain cannot cease.”

  Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) said by 1328 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Anche se indubbiamente il desiderio di conoscere è naturale per tutti gli uomini, la voglia di imparare non è cosa da tutti; la maggior parte, anzi, assaggiato quanto lo studio sia fatica e provata la stanchezza sulla propria pelle, butta alla leggera la noce ancor prima di aver rotto il guscio per gustarne il gheriglio. (cap. XIII, Perché non ho trascurato le favole dei poeti, p. 153)”

  Richard de Bury (1287–1345) said by 1345 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If a man strictly observe the rules of his Way, and keep a rein on himself, then no matter what Way it be, he will be a Scholar of renown and be a Teacher of multitudes.”

  Yoshida Kenkō (1283–1350) said by 1350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Amor, s'i' posso uscir de' tuoi artigli, | appena creder posso | che alcun altro uncin più mai mi pigli. (VI giornata, conclusione)”

  Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) said by 1375 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Il cielo è più grande, sostanzialmente ed accidentalmente, dei pianeti, poiché il cielo comprende tutti i pianeti e il suo moto comprende ed anima i moti dei pianeti nel loro complesso ed esso è, per le grandezze inferiori, causa più grande, sostanzialmente ed accidentalmente, dei pianeti. (p. 48)”

  Raimondo Lullo (1232–1316) said by 1316 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “O Brother! Sin for the servant is great calamity. May God protect us from such things! Sin in the beginning hardens the heart, which ultimatley leads to unbelief and wretchedness. Don't forget the wiles of Satan and the fate of Balāam Bāōur.”

  Makhdoom Sharfuddin Ahmed Yahya Maneri (1263–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Whenever our sainted king heard that they were throwing the Greek fire at us, he rose, in his bed, and stretching out his hands towards our Lord, exclaimed with tears, "O! gracious God, (Biau Sire Diex,) preserve my people to me.”

  John of Joinville (1224–1318) said by 1318 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: p. 45 (Michelet 1882, p. 301)

• “Nel suo profondo vidi che s'interna, legato con amore in un volume, ciò che per l'universo si squaderna.”

  Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) said by 1321 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Dovunque può essere litigio, ivi debbe essere g[i]udicio. (I, XII)”

  Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) said by 1321 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCES OF GOD'S PRESENCE”

  Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) said by 1309 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In God the spiritual faculties Come to their desired end, Lose all sense of self and self-consciousness, And are swept into infinity. The soul, made new again, Marveling to find itself In that immensity, drowns. How this comes about it does not know.”

  Jacopone da Todi (1230–1307) said by 1307 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Your energy should be spent on fighting them, just as their energy is spent on fighting you, and on expelling them from the areas from which they have expelled you, as a law of equality in punishment.”

  Ibn Kathir (1301–1373) said by 1373 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ibn Kathir, I, 527. Ibn Kathir, Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) (Riyadh: Darussalam, 2000) quoted in The critical qur’an: explained from key islamic commentaries and contemporary historical research. (2021). . Bombardier B…

• “May God help us to prepare a dwelling place for this noble birth, so that we may all attain spiritual motherhood”

  Johannes Tauler (1300–1361) said by 1361 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “According to Ziauddin Barani, ‘In the course of four or five days, preparations were made for idol warship in the palace’ and ‘Copies of the Holy book (Quran) were used as seats, and idols were set up in the pulpits of the mosques.’”

  Ziauddin Barani (1285–1357) said by 1357 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Elliot & Dawson, Vol. III, p. 224. quoted in Khan, M. A. (2011). Islamic Jihad: A legacy of forced conversion, imperialism and slavery. ch 4

• “Avete 'n vo' li fior' e la verdura | e ciò che luce od è bello a vedere; | risplende più che sol vostra figura: | chi vo' non vede, ma' non po' valere. (da Avete 'n vo' li fior' e la verdura)”

  Guido Cavalcanti (1255–1300) said by 1300 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Qualunque ben si fa, naturalmente | nasce d'Amor, come del fiore el frutto, | ché Amor fa l'omo essere valente. (1975; XXXVII, vv. 1-3)”

  Cecco Angiolieri (1260–1312) said by 1312 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source