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“Precision, accuracy and pondering in wisdom and sciences, will nourish and develop a person's brain.”
Ja'far al-Sadiq (699–765) said by 765 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“黄河远上白云间， 一片孤城万仞山。 羌笛何须怨杨柳， 春风不度玉门关。”
Wang Zhihuan (688–742) said by 742 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
“Nag Bhat I led an army of 30,000-40,000 men mostly consisting of cavalry and infantry. He was a great military commander and organised his army by dividing his cavalry in parts on the flanks. The battle hardened infantry was positioned in the center with reserve cavalry and possibly war elephants in the back as a rearguard.”
Nagabhata I (750–780) said by 780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.
“Verily they are the basest and meanest of men who account avarice prudence, and clemency ignoble.”
As-Saffah (722–754) said by 754 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the birds have flown up and gone; A lonely cloud floats leisurely by. We never tire of looking at each other— Only the mountain and I.”
Li Bai (701–762) said by 762 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A visible darkness grows up mountain paths; I lodge by the river gate high in a study, Frail cloud on a cliff edge passing the night. The lonely moon topples amid the waves; Steady, one after another, a line of cranes in flight. Howling over the kill, wild dogs and wolves. No sleep for me. I worry over battles— I have no strength to right the universe.”
Du Fu (712–770) said by 770 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am astonished about those people who are ordered to prepare their provisions, then the start of the journey is announced, however they remain unmindful in their vain discussions and fruitless deeds.”
Hasan al-Basri (642–728) said by 728 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He then went to Kandahãr in boats and conquered it. He destroyed the Budd there, and built in its place a mosque.”
Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi (died 774) said by 774 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Silence is a great wisdom.”
Musa al-Kadhim (745–799) said by 799 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On the Day of Judgement, God will interrogate people according to the wisdom he has granted them.”
Muhammad al-Baqir (677–733) said by 733 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing wrong in a man having sexual relations with his Zoroastrian slave-girl.”
Said ibn al-Musayyib (634–715) said by 715 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said ibn al-Musayyib. Safiıd b. al-Musayyab, quoted from Yohanan Friedmann, Tolerance and Coercion in Islam : Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition, Cambridge University Press, 2003.— pp. 176-178
“Prayer offered up at night possesses a great power, more than the prayer of the day-time. Therefore all the righteous prayed during the night, while combatting the heaviness of the body and the sweetness of sleep and repelling corporeal nature.”
Isaac of Nineveh (640–700) said by 700 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
“When thy enemy stretches out his hand to thee, cut it off if thou art able, otherwise kiss it.”
Al-Mansur (713–775) said by 775 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
“Fore there neidfaerae • naenig uuiurthit thoncsnotturra • than him tharf sie to ymbhycggannae • aer his hiniongae huaet his gastae • godaes aeththa yflaes aefter deothdaege • doemid uueorthae.”
Bede (672–735) said by 735 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The king who seeks company of the ascetics is superior to that ascetic who seeks nearness of the king.”
Sufyan al-Thawri (716–784) said by 784 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
“My father is the wisdom of spontaneous awareness.My mother is the Ever-Excellent Lady, the space of all things....I sustain myself by consuming the concepts of duality.My purpose is the act of killing disturbing emotions.”
Padmasambhava (717–762) said by 762 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava, (a book review) by Rebecca Radner, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Fall 1993
“You have asked one who knows. The hearts of the people are with you, but their swords are with the Banu Umayyah. The decision will come from heaven, and Allah will do what He wishes.”
Al-Farazdaq (640–728) said by 728 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Aki yama no Momiji wo shigemi Mado inuru Imo wo motomenu Yama ji shirazu mo”
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662–710) said by 710 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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