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“One who reveals your faults to you like a mirror is your true friend, and one who flatters you and covers up your faults is your enemy.”
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When Harsha’s father, the king of Sthānvīshvara, passed away, the people ‘bore him to the river Sarasvatī, and there upon a pyre befitting an emperor solemnly consumed all but his glory in the flames’. In a classic ritual, Harsha ‘passed on to the Sarasvatī’s banks, and having bathed in the river, offered water to his father’.”
Bāṇabhaṭṭa (585–650) said by 650 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bāna, Harsa-Carita, tr. E.B. Cowell, F.W. Thomas, London, 1929, pp. 158 & 160, quoted by Darian, Steven, ‘Gangā and Sarasvatī: An Incidence of Mythological Projection’, East and West, vol. 26, nos 1-2, 1976, p. 155. as …
“Pure, undisturbed and quiet prayer is accomplished, performed, constituted and kept by four virtues, and is diminished, tarnished, destroyed and hindered by four passions.”
Dadisho Qatraya (died 690) said by 690 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“आयुः परिस्रवति भिन्नघटादिवाम्भः”
Bhartrihari (570–651) said by 651 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing sweetens life like a pleasant disposition.”
Hasan ibn Ali (625–669) said by 669 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is the foal of a mare more valuable in your eyes than the Son of God?”
Aidan of Lindisfarne (590–651) said by 651 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A notable quotation is when Qasim asked his Uncle Hussain, if his name would be amongst the names of those who would be blessed with martyrdom in the battle for Islam at Karbala. His Uncle replied asking, "How do you find death Qasim? Qasim replied, Oh my Uncle; I do not fear death. Death for Islam will be sweeter for me than honey.”
Qasim ibn Hasan (667–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The men went to Catraeth, swift was their host, the pale mead was their feast and it was their poison.”
Aneirin (525–600) said by 600 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Brighten up your houses through the recitation of the Qur'an, and do not make them (your homes) like graves, similar to what the Jews and Christians have done (by not performing the prayers and worship of God in their house and limiting this to the Synagogues and Churches).”
Muhammad (571–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In preeminence, the cause of all that is intelligible is not anything intelligible.”
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (500–600) said by 600 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Submit to Islam and be safe. Or agree to the payment of the Jizya (tax), and you and your people will be under our protection, else you will have only yourself to blame for the consequences, for I bring the men who desire death as ardently as you desire life.”
Khalid ibn al-Walid (586–642) said by 642 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This letter was written by Khalid, from his head-quarters in Babylonia, to the Persian monarch Emperor Yazdegerd III before invading it. (History of the World, Volume IV [Book XII. The Mohammedan Ascendency], page 463, …
“Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil. No believer should subject himself to humiliation, for I will be with the weak against the strong so long as he has been wronged, Insha'Allah”
Uthman (574–656) said by 656 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vexilla regis prodeunt: Fulget crucis mysterium Quo carne carnis conditor, Suspensus est patibulo.”
Venantius Fortunatus (530–609) said by 609 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From . Translated by in The Hymner, 2nd ed. (1905), no. 37
“God is everywhere; he is immense and everywhere present, according to what he said about himself: I am a God nearby and not a God far away (cf. Jer 23, 23).”
Columbanus (543–615) said by 615 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“海内存知己， 天涯若比邻。”
Wang Bo (650–676) said by 676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Farewell to Perfect Du", in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Yuanchong Xu (Penguin Books, 1994), p. 37
“If in order to help the needy one is able, without ill-will, to strip the rich down to their shirts, one is not doing wrong, especially if they are heartless skinflints.”
John the Merciful (550–619) said by 619 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in Saints of the East (1963), p. 78
“The Holy Spirit descends upon you, who are the Immaculate, to make you purer and give you the virtue of fertility.”
Sophronius of Jerusalem (560–638) said by 638 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I began in the morning by loving Allah, and I finished the evening in praising Him.”
Uwais al-Qarani (594–657) said by 657 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gloria summa tibi, laus et benedictio, Christe, Qui praestas famulis haec bona grata tuis.”
Eugenius II of Toledo (died 657) said by 657 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vox philomela (Carmen philomelaicum), ll. 19–20 (tr. Wendy Pfeffer, 1985)
“Κάλλος γὰρ περίπυστον ἀμωμήτοιο γυναικὸς ὀξύτερον μερόπεσσι πέλει πτερόεντος ὀιστοῦ· ὀφθαλμὸς δ᾿ ὁδός ἐστιν.”
Musaeus Grammaticus (500–600) said by 600 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tr. Chapman (1616)
“(About Radegund) When his eyes closed, darkness fell upon our eyes. His death brought joy to heaven but left us on earth with unbearable pain.”
Baudonivia (550–615) said by 615 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source