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Said in the 1300s
“All is unreality. Nothing is worth discussing, worth desiring.”
Yoshida Kenkō (1283–1350) said by 1350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 38 (tr. Keene, 1967)
“How can someone have the freedom to choose and the power to act freely, unless he were able to be evil, should he so wish?”
Gregory Palamas (1296–1359) said by 1359 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When he had finished killing unbelievers, no rival to him remained in Hindustan.”
Alauddin Khalji (1266–1316) said by 1316 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Isami, Futuh al-Salfain, as quoted in Peter Hardy - Historians of medieval India_ studies in Indo-Muslim historical writing. (1960) p 108
Also quoted by: Abdul Malik Isami
“順為凡，逆為仙，只在中間顛倒顛。”
張三豐 (1200–1301) said by 1301 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Der Mensch soll sich nicht genügen lassen an einem gedachten Gott; denn wenn der Gedanke vergeht, so vergeht auch der Gott.”
Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) said by 1328 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Deutsche Predigten und Traktate (1963), p. 60
“将相本无种，男儿当自强。”
高明 (1305–1370) said by 1370 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“永恆的女性引導我們上升。”
但丁 (1265–1321) said by 1321 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“D'euls deus fu il tut autresi Cume del chevrefoil esteit Ki a la codre se perneit: Quant il s'i est laciez e pris Ensemble poënt bien durer; Mes ki puis les volt deservrer, Li codres muert hastivement E li chevrefoil ensement. "Bele amie, si est de nus: Ne vus sanz mei, ne mei sanz vus!”
Marie de France (1101–1300) said by 1300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Aredig, dysgedig yw.”
Iolo Goch (1320–1398) said by 1398 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Una boccuccia piccolina, le cui labbra parevan due rubinetti.”
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) said by 1375 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“從來好事天生儉，自古瓜兒苦後甜。”
白樸 (1226–1306) said by 1306 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ni thybiais, ddewwrdrais ddirdra, Na bai deg f'wyneb a da, Oni theimlais, waith amlwg, Y drych.”
Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320–1380) said by 1380 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Y Drych" (The Mirror), line 1; translation from Carl Lofmark Bards and Heroes (Felinfach: Llanerch, 1989) p. 96.
“书法以用笔为上，然结字亦需用功，盖字因时而异，用笔千古不易。”
趙孟頫 (1254–1322) said by 1322 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mystic way is infested with one's ego, devils, men and Jinn, thus making it impossible to travel along it without and experienced, holy man as one's ascort. Also there are many slippery places where it is easy to fall. And one can be plagued with misfortune and dangers from behind.”
Makhdoom Sharfuddin Ahmed Yahya Maneri (1263–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Firoz Tughlaq commanded his ‘fief-holders and officers to capture slaves whenever they were at war”. He had also instructed his Amils and Jagirdars to collect slave boys in place of revenue and tribute.”
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. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
“夫坐禪者，直令人開明心地，安住本分，是名露本來面目，亦名現本地風光。”
Keizan (1268–1325) said by 1325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Nasir-ud-din] then took him a prisoner to his uncle who treated him with apparent consideration and promised to release him. But when he had extorted from him his wealth, elephants and horses and all his property, he had him killed and flayed; his skin was stuffed with straw and hung up on the wall of Moutrah [Madurai] where I saw it suspended.”
Veera Ballala III (1291–1343) said by 1343 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In preieres and penaunce putten hem manye, Al for the love of Oure Lord lyveden ful streyte In hope to have heveneriche blisse”
William Langland (1332–1386) said by 1386 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And this divine light is granted in the simple being of the spirit, where the spirit receives the brightness –which is God Himself- above all gifts and above all creaturely activity, in the empty void of the spirit in which it has lost itself through enjoyable love and receives the brightness of God without intermediary. And without cease, it becomes the very brightness which it receives.”
John Ruysbroeck (1293–1381) said by 1381 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No thyng ys to man so dere As wommanys love yn gode manere. A gode womman is mannys blys.”
Robert Mannyng (1275–1338) said by 1338 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1905.
“yi yi karu'm suy artsun yi rasini vichoarum thi mantar yihay lagamo dhahas partsun suy Parasivun tanthar.”
Lalleshwari (1320–1392) said by 1392 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No one can explain this to another just thumb|right|In this wild mountain region of the 'where' beyond God there is an abyss full of play and feeling for all pure spirits with words. thumb|right|No one can explain this to another just with words. One knows it by experiencing it One knows it by experiencing it.”
Henry Suso (1295–1366) said by 1366 at the latest wikiquote, 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
“We therefore need to know the gifts given us by God, so that we may use them, for by these we shall be saved.”
Walter Hilton (1340–1396) said by 1396 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source