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“I assure (you) before my Lord, that he who begs without neediness, will some day begs out of neediness.”
Ali Zayn al-Abidin (659–713) said by 713 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“移舟泊煙渚，日暮客愁新；野曠天低樹，江清月近人。”
Meng Haoran (690–740) said by 740 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“A ciência produz desejo, produz luta, produz sofrimento”.”
Li Bai (701–762) said by 762 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You know the Devil is your enemy but you do not deal with him as such.”
Ibrahim ibn Adham (718–776) said by 776 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
“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
“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
“There is a spiritual perception which is born out of meditation;”
Isaac of Nineveh (640–700) said by 700 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Spirit of Awakening … is the tree of rest for beings exhausted from wandering on the pathways of mundane existence.”
Shantideva (685–763) said by 763 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
“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.
“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
“見天子庸知非福，何兒女悲乎？”
Wu Zetian (624–705) said by 705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When forbearance is mischievous, to pardon is weakness.”
As-Saffah (722–754) said by 754 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“君自故鄉來，應知故鄉事。來日綺窗前，寒梅著花未？”
Wang Wei (699–761) said by 761 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nu scilun herᵹa • hefenricæs uard metudæs mehti • and his modᵹithanc uerc uuldurfadu • sue he uundra ᵹihuæs eci dryctin • or astelidæ. he ærist scop • ældu barnum hefen to hrofæ • haliᵹ sceppend tha middinᵹard • moncynnæs uard eci dryctin • æfter tiadæ firum foldu • frea allmehtiᵹ”
Bede (672–735) said by 735 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thou hast succeeded to the throne, and didst not revile 'Ali, nor terrify The innocent man, nor follow the counsel of the evil-doer; Thou didst speak, and didst confirm what thou didst say by what Thou didst do, and every Muslim became well content.”
Kuthayyir (660–723) said by 723 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: translated by Edward. G. Browne, A Literary History of Persia, 1909, p.235
“Aki yama ni Otsuro momiji ba Shimashiku wa Na chiri midare so Imo ga atari minu”
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662–710) said by 710 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
“問餘何意棲碧山，笑而不答心自閒。桃花流水窅然去，別有天地非人間。”
Li Bai (701–762) said by 762 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 《山中問答》— "The Poet", as translated by Herbert Giles in Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898), p. 73
“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