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“To die to sin is to live to God, thumb|If we would God discern, the world we must despise, his love and hate must learn, see all things with His eyes to be emptied of self and detached from all that pleases or displeases, leads to the Kingdom of God; heart and desire must close to things of earth to open to God and things eternal, if we desire to taste and see that the Lord is sweet”
John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Near the eastern gate of the mosque lie two very big idols of copper connected together by stones. Every one who comes in and goes out of the mosque treads over them. On the site of this mosque was a budkhānā that is an idol-house. After the conquest of Delhi it was turned into a mosque.”
Ibn Battuta (1304–1368) said by 1368 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chapter III (tr. Mahdi Hussain, 1976, p. 27)
“Lo ingannatore rimane a pié dello ingannato.”
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) said by 1375 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The dimple that thy chin contains has beauty in its round, That never has been fathomed yet by myriad thoughts profound.”
Hafez (1325–1389) said by 1389 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 143 (tr. Herman Bicknell, 1875)
“He maid thaim na gud fest perfay And nocht-forthi yneuch had thai.”
John Barbour (1316–1395) said by 1395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He felle dede doun colde as ony stone.”
Robert Mannyng (1275–1338) said by 1338 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thomas Hearne (ed.) Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, as Illustrated and Improv'd by Robert of Brunne (1725) vol. 1, p. 56.
“叢林之中，善知識處，深山幽谷，可依止之。綠水青山，是經行之處。谿邊樹下，是澄心之處也。觀無常不可忘，是勵探道心也。”
Keizan (1268–1325) said by 1325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I saw a fullness, a brightness with which I felt myself so filled that words fail me, nor can I find anything to compare it with. I cannot tell you that I saw something with a bodily form, but he was as he is in heaven, namely, of such an indescribable beauty that I do not know how to describe it to you except as the Beauty and the All Good.”
Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) said by 1309 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Purely philosophical assertions which do not pertain to theology should not be solemnly condemned or forbidden by anyone, because in connection with such [assertions] anyone at all ought to be free to say freely what pleases him.”
William of Ockham (1287–1349) said by 1349 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vol. I, Book 2, Ch. 22, as translated by John Scott (1999)
“Sive ergo Graeci sive alii se dicant Petro ejusque successoribus non esse commissos: fateantur necesse est, se de ovibus Christi non esse, dicente Domino in Joanne, unum ovile et unicum esse pastorem.”
Pope Boniface VIII (1235–1303) said by 1303 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Et musique est une science Qui veut qu'on rie et chante et dance. Cure n'a de merencolie, Ne d'homme qui merencolie A chose qui ne puet valoir, Eins met tels gens en nonchaloir. Partout ou elle est joie y porte; Les desconfortez reconforte, Et nes seulement de l'oir Fait elle les gens resjoir.”
Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377) said by 1377 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Le Prologue", line 85; translation from Ross W. Duffin (ed.) A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000) p. 190.
“And ich wulle uaren to Aualun to uairest alre maidene. to Argante þere quene aluen swiðe sceone. & heo scal mine wunden makien alle isunde. al hal me makien mid haleweiye drenchen. And seoðe ich cumen wulle. to mine kineriche. and wunien mid Brutten mid muchelere wunne.”
Layamon (1200–1300) said by 1300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ibn Kathir (Commenting on Quran 2:256 in the unabridged version of his tafsir) - "Therefore all people of the world should be called to Islam. If anyone of them refuses to do so, or refuses to pay the jizya, they should be fought till they are killed.”
Ibn Kathir (1301–1373) said by 1373 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ki divers cunte veut traitier, Diversement deit comencier E parler si rainablement K'il seit pleisibles a la gent.”
Marie de France (1101–1300) said by 1300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Io parlo parlo ... ma chi m'ascolta ritiene solo le parole che aspetta. ... Chi comanda al racconto non è la voce: è l'orecchio.”
Marco Polo (1254–1324) said by 1324 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Marco Polo to Kublai Khan, in Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities (1974), Ch. 9
“Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.”
Henry Suso (1295–1366) said by 1366 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness (1912), p. 152
“In places which are sacked and looted the captives are selected as per royal regulations. Those fit for royal service (alone) are sent to the court.”
Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309–1388) said by 1388 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Shams Siraj Afif quoted in Lal, K. S. (1994). Muslim slave system in medieval India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 10
“The truth is never taken From another. One carries it always By oneself. Katsu!”
Tettō Gikō (1295–1369) said by 1369 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our Lady said to Bridget: "To reach the heart of God there are two paths: the first is the humility of sincere contrition, which leads and introduces man into the heart of God and into spiritual conversations. The second is the consideration of the Passion of my Son, who overcomes the insensitivity of the human heart and makes it run with joy towards the heart of God ("Book VI, 101"). (p. 60)”
Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373) said by 1373 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After the Sultan had thus routed out the Miwdttis, and cleared away the jungle in the neighbourhood of the city, he gave the towns and country within the Doab to some distinguished chiefs, with directions to lay waste and destroy the villages of the marauders, to slay the men, to make prisoners of the women and children, to clear away the jungle, and to suppress all lawless proceedings.”
Ziauddin Barani (1285–1357) said by 1357 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in Elliot and Dowson also in Lal, K. S. (1995). Growth of scheduled tribes and castes in medieval India.
“The devastating raid of South India by Malik Kafur is best summed up in R C Majumdar’s words who characterizes it as being more “spectacular than effective…was par excellence as a predatory raid”.”
Malik Kafur (1250–1316) said by 1316 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sì lungiamente m'ha tenuto Amore e costumato a la sua segnoria”
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) said by 1321 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how, when, in what form Christ ordained the apostles, the reason being to show the indifferency of all forms of words.”
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) said by 1385 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Latin statement in De Quattuor Sectis Novellis, as translated in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 16
“Whenever kingship approaches tyranny it is near its end, for by this it becomes ripe for division, change of dynasty, or total destruction, especially in a temperate climate … where men are habitually, morally and naturally free.”
Nicole Oresme (1320–1382) said by 1382 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source