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• “(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

• “I stood asking news of the ruins concerning their lovely habitants; but what avail my questions to dreary rocks, who answer them only by their echo?”

  Labīd (560–661) said by 661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I know that you are just a stone and that you can neither do any harm nor give benefit. Had I not seen Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him) kissing you, I would not have kissed you.”

  Umar (586–644) said by 644 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “And with animals, if we approach them in a rational way we shall find a trace of the intelligible in them which is a not unworthy imitation of what is above reason. For if we look at those beings that naturally care for their offspring, we are encouraged to define for ourselves reverently and with godly boldness that God exercises providence in his sovereign uniqueness over all beings.”

  Maximus the Confessor (579–662) said by 662 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ambiguum 10, 1189B-C; trans. , Maximus the Confessor (Routledge, 1996) pp. 144-145.

• “Narrated Aisha: The Prophet entered upon me while there was a curtain having pictures (of animals) in the house. His face got red with anger, and then he got hold of the curtain and tore it into pieces. The Prophet said, "Such people as paint these pictures will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection.”

  Aisha (614–678) said by 678 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Scholars who had passed its rigorous programme were honoured throughout the Buddhist world. Yuan Chwang’s – Hieun Tsang’s – telling expression gives a glimpse: ‘…Hence foreign students came to the establishment to put an end to their doubts and then became celebrated, and those who stole the name (of Nalanda Brother) were all treated with respect wherever they went….’”

  Xuanzang (602–664) said by 664 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Yuan Chwang, quoted in Shourie, Arun (2014). Eminent historians: Their technology, their line, their fraud. Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India : HarperCollins Publishers.

• “Associating with corrupt people makes you subject to suspicion.”

  Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If our hearts were truly pure, we would never have our fill of the words of your Lord.”

  Uthman (574–656) said by 656 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Positive, divided by positive, or negative by negative, is positive. Zero, divided by zero, is zero. Positive, divided by negative, is negative. Negative, divided by positive, is negative. Positive, or negative, divided by zero, is a fraction with that for denominator: or zero divided by negative or positive. (35-36).”

  Brahmagupta (598–670) said by 670 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “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

• “I shall not now speak of the knowledge of the Hindus … of their suitable discoveries in the science of astronomy—discoveries even more ingenious than those of the Greeks and Babylonians, of their rational system of mathematics, or of their method of calculation which no words can praise strongly enough; I mean the system using nine symbols.”

  Severus Sebokht (575–667) said by 667 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Severus Sebokht, quoted in The Wonder That Was India, A.L. Basham. Quoted from Gewali, Salil (2013). Great Minds on India. New Delhi: Penguin Random House.

• “By my father and mother, O Abū 'Abdallāh (i.e., Husayn ibn Ali)! You have exposed yourself to death. May God accept my life for yours!”

  Zaynab bint Ali (626–684) said by 684 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

• “With a bronze mirror, one can see whether he is properly attired; with history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of a nation; with men as a mirror, one can see whether he is right or wrong. Now I've lost my faithful mirror by the death of Weizheng.”

  Emperor Taizong of Tang (598–649) said by 649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quoted in: Yanqing Vanessa Ong et al. Memories unfolded: a guide to memories at Old Ford Factory, 2008, p. 50

• “Allah executed and rendered justice for the sake of putting together and harmonization of the hearts.”

  Fatimah (604–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “鹅 鹅 鹅， 曲 项 向 天 歌。 白 毛 浮 绿 水， 红 掌 拨 清 波。”

  Luo Binwang (640–684) said by 684 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: On Geese", as translated by YeShell in How To Write Classical Chinese Poems (Lulu Press, 2015)

• “Omar then is reported to have asked Abu Lulu: "I heard that you make windmills; make one for me as well." In a sullen mood, Piruz said, Verily I will make such a mill for you, that the whole world would remember it.”

  Piruz Nahavandi (died 644) said by 644 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “By God! If any of the Arabs other than you were to say that to me, while he was in the same situation as you, I would not leave him without mentioning his mother's being deprived of him. I would say it whoever he might be. But, by God, there is no way for me to mention your mother except by saying the best things possible.”

  Al-Hurr ibn Yazid Al-Tamimi (650–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Al-Tabari

• “The mind of sentient beings as it is in itself has neither marks nor nature. It is like the ocean, like space. Since it is like space, there are no marks that are not subsumed within it. How could it contain a direction such as east or west? Since it is like the ocean, there is no nature that is preserved.”

  Wonhyo (617–686) said by 686 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Sunt quinque species animalium maleficii, qui etiam in sacrario necari possunt; illi sunt rattus, scorpio, draco, cornix et canis rabie iratus.”

  Machometus (571–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote:la, CC BY-SA 4.0 source