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“When a hadith is authentic, then that is my madhab.”
Abu Hanifa (699–767) said by 767 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When someone receives all the time an awareness of these mysteries,”
Isaac of Nineveh (640–700) said by 700 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I smashed RuDã’ so completely that I left it a black ruin in a hollow.”
Ibn Ishaq (704–768) said by 768 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Al-Mustaughir b. Rabî‘a, in : Ibn Ishãq, Sîrat Rasûl Allãh, translated into English by A. Gillaumne, OUP, Karachi, Seventh Impression.Quoted in in Goel, S. R. (1993). Hindu temples: What happened to them. Vol. II
“If you like to be saint of God, then desire not the things of this world or the next. Empty yourself for God. Turn your face to Him so that He may turn to you and make you His saint.”
Ibrahim ibn Adham (718–776) said by 776 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have collected the Qur’an (jama’tul-Qur’ana).”
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646–705) said by 705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“戰哭多新鬼，愁吟獨老翁。 亂雲低薄暮，急雪舞迴風。 瓢棄尊無綠，爐存火似紅。 數州訊息斷，愁坐正書空。”
Du Fu (712–770) said by 770 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Snow Storm" (對雪), as translated by Kenneth Rexroth in One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (1971), p. 6
“少小離家老大回，鄉音無改鬢毛衰。 兒童相見不相識，笑問客從何處來。”
He Zhizhang (659–744) said by 744 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Patience is praiseworthy save in what prejudices the faith or renders sovereignty contemptible, and moderation is commendable except at the season of opportunity.”
As-Saffah (722–754) said by 754 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“妾能制之，然須三物，一鐵鞭，二鐵□，三匕首。鐵鞭擊之不服，則以□□其首，又不服，則以匕首斷其喉。”
Wu Zetian (624–705) said by 705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zizhi Tongjian (1084), Volume 206
“白日依山尽， 黄河入海流。 欲穷千里目， 更上一层楼。”
Wang Zhihuan (688–742) said by 742 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wonder at him who shows haughtiness and vainglory, while he was as a sperm yesterday and will be a carrion tomorrow.”
Ali Zayn al-Abidin (659–713) said by 713 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nū þ sculan herian • heofonrices þeard, metudes myhte • his modᵹeþanc, þurc þuldorfæder, • sþa he þundra ᵹehþilc, ece drihten • ord astealde; he ærest ᵹesceop • ylda bearnum heofon to hrofe, • haliᵹ scyppend, middanᵹearde • mancynnes þard; ece drihtin, • æfter tida firum on foldum, • frea ællmyhtiᵹ.”
Bede (672–735) said by 735 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who spends life in remoteness is much better, for it was the practice of the foremost saintly people. They liked to live comely instead of grandeur.”
Sufyan al-Thawri (716–784) said by 784 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nobody seeks my help with a petition or offers an excuse that is more pressing than he, reminding me of a favor I did him so that it would be followed by its sister (i.e, one like it) and so good would be done to its asker because withholding of later things removes gratitude for earlier ones.”
Al-Mahdi (744–785) said by 785 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Al-Tabari
“All the lands of the West have their eyes directed toward our humility; by them we are considered as a God upon earth.”
Pope Gregory II (669–731) said by 731 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟；夜来风雨声，花落知多少。”
Meng Haoran (690–740) said by 740 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O God, thine is the praise that I give thee, and to thee is the excuse if I sin against thee. There is no work of merit on my own behalf or on behalf of another, and in evil there is no excuse for me or for another.”
Ja'far al-Sadiq (699–765) said by 765 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Images are books for the illiterate and silent heralds of the honor of the saints, teaching those who see with a soundless voice and sanctifying the sight.”
John of Damascus (675–749) said by 749 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Defense against those who attack the holy images," as translated by Andrew Louth, Three Treatises on the Divine Images, (Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Press: 2003) p. 46
“對酒不覺暝，落花盈我衣。”
Li Bai (701–762) said by 762 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Self-Abandonment" (自遣), as translated by Arthur Waley (1919)
“The dunyâ distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but al-zuhd (asceticism, not giving importance to worldly things) gives rest to the heart and body. Verily, Allâh will ask us about the halâl things we enjoyed, so what about the harâm!”
Hasan al-Basri (642–728) said by 728 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O Turkish and Oghuz lords and people, hear! Unless the sky above collapses and the earth below is destroyed, O Turkish people, who could destroy and disrupt your state and laws?”
Bilge Qaghan (683–734) said by 734 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let not your flight be in the winter, nor on the sabbath-day. (Translated to Modern English.)”
Saint Guthlac (674–715) said by 715 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: D. C. O. Adams, (1901) The Saints and Missionaries of the Anglo-Saxon Era p 5. Oxford and London. A. R. Mowbray & Co.