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• “(The position of) patience in faith is like that of the head in the body, and he who has no patience has no faith.”

  Ali Zayn al-Abidin (659–713) said by 713 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Ponieważ studiowanie i rozmyślanie nad dziedzinami wiedzy nie ma końca, będziesz szczęśliwa jeżeli urzeczywistnisz swój umysł.”

  Padmasambhava (717–762) said by 762 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Kings can tolerate everything but three practices– revealing a secret, an outrage on his harem, or a blow aimed at his power.”

  Al-Mansur (713–775) said by 775 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The Bodhimind is a great radiant sun To disperse the darkness of unknowing, And it is the very essence of butters Gained from churning the milks of Dharma. For all guests on the roads of life Who would take the very substance of joy, Here is the actual seat of true happiness, A veritable feast to satiate the world.”

  Shantideva (685–763) said by 763 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

• “Uwielbia Pana dusza takiego człowieka, który zupełnie oddaje się na służbę i chwałę Boga; który przestrzeganiem Bożych przykazań okazuje, iż zawsze pamięta o Jego potędze i majestacie. Raduje się w Bogu, Zbawicielu swoim, duch takiego człowieka, któremu największą radość sprawia wspominanie Stworzyciela, od którego spodziewa się wiecznego zbawienia.”

  Beda Czcigodny (672–735) said by 735 at the latest wikiquote:pl, 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.

• “If I ever say something that contradicts the book of Allah and the Prophet(Peace be upon him) then leave my statement.”

  Abu Hanifa (699–767) said by 767 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Every divine feast, when celebrated, fills the faithful with spiritual joy, drawing from treasures and sources that come from God.”

  Germanus I of Costantinople (634–732) said by 732 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Należy wiedzieć – powiada on – że nie mówimy, jakoby Ojciec pochodził od kogoś, ale zwiemy go Ojcem Syna. Podobnie Syna nie nazywamy ani przyczyną [bez przyczyny] ani Ojcem; mówimy natomiast i to, że jest On z Ojca, i to, że jest Synem Ojca. Ducha Świętego wreszcie nazywamy Tym, który i z Ojca jest i Ojca jest Duchem; nie mówimy jednak, że jest On ze Syna, lecz nazywamy Go Duchem Syna (…).”

  Jan z Damaszku (675–749) said by 749 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “卫青不败由天幸， 李广无功缘数奇。”

  Wang Wei (699–761) said by 761 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: 王維 (zh)

• “天際秋雲薄，從西萬里風。 今朝好晴景，久雨不妨農。 塞柳行疏翠，山梨結小紅。 胡笳樓上發，一雁入高空。”

  Du Fu (712–770) said by 770 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Clear After Rain" (雨晴), as translated by Kenneth Rexroth in One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (1971), p. 16

• “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

• “A believer is as the two pans of a scale, that whenever his faith increases his afflictions increase.”

  Musa al-Kadhim (745–799) said by 799 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Lecz i smoki spoczywające i rozbrykane konie w żółty przemienią się proch, A o troskach ludzkich kroniki chłodne zachowają milczenie.”

  Du Fu (712–770) said by 770 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: Nocą, na wysokim tarasie w: Dzwoneczki nefrytowe w księżycowej poświacie. Wybór wierszy chińskich, z chińskiego przełożył Aleksy Dębnicki, Warszawa 2003, s. 85.

• “Asa ne gami Ware wa kezuraji Utsukushiki Kimi ga ta makura Fureteshi mono wo”

  Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662–710) said by 710 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Alternate translation: Christ gives us the relics of saints as health-giving springs through which flow blessings and healing. This should not be doubted. For if at God’s word water gushed from hard rock in the wilderness-yes, and from an ass’s jawbone when Samson was thirsty -why should it seem incredible that healing medicine should distill from the relics of saints”

  John of Damascus (675–749) said by 749 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: In Relics: The Shroud of Turin, the True Cross, the Blood of Januarius: History, Mysticism, and the Catholic Church, by Joan Carroll Cruz, 1984 <!--, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana, ISBN 0879737018 ISBN 9780879…

• “If you wish to hold fast to stillness,”

  Isaac of Nineveh (640–700) said by 700 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Święty i Nadzmysłowy jesteś Ty, nasz Stwórco i Opiekunie:Ty znasz wagę światów.”

  Ali ibn Husajn (659–713) said by 713 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[he says] “things which it is disgraceful to discuss; matters which would distress certain people; and such reports as al-Bakka’i [Ibn Ishaq’s student, who edited his work] told me he could not accept as trustworthy.”

  Ibn Ishaq (704–768) said by 768 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ibn Hisham, in : Alfred Guillaume, “Ibn Hisham’s Notes,” in Ibn Ishaq, 691. quoted in Did muhammad exist? : an inquiry into islam’s obscure origins. (2012). . ISI Books. March 1 2024

• “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