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“The king of Gurjars maintain numerous faces and no other Indian prince has so fine a cavalry. He has great riches and his camels and horses are numerous. There is no country in India more safe from robbers”
Mihira Bhoja (836–885) said by 885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The genuine mystic dwells in the state of unity.”
Sari al-Saqati (772–867) said by 867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[https:/6277-6012-8508-1640/archive.org/details/the-sayings-and-teachings-of-the-great-mystics-of-islam-2004/page/31/mode/2up Mohammed Riaz Qadiri: "'The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam's, Gujranwala, پاکستان، ۲۰۰۴”
Rabia of Basra (710–801) said by 801 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let one who desires a taste of freedom and deliverance from bondage purify the secret between himself and God Most High.”
Bishr the Barefoot (767–842) said by 842 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abu Wa'il narrated: "Ali said to Abu Al-Hayyaj Al-Asadi: 'I am dispatching you with what the Prophet dispatched me: "That you not leave an elevated grave without leveling it, nor an image without erasing it.”
Al-Tirmidhi (825–892) said by 892 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fathers and guardians, bishops of our Church, you ought to minister to the poor, or rather to Christ in them, and not to seek after vanities. But now you act quite contrary to this; and are vainglorious and avaricious beyond all other men.”
Charlemagne (742–814) said by 814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Notker's The Deeds of Charlemagne (translated 2008 by David Ganz)
“I am lucky not to have such bad habits. I only indulge myself in drinking wine and writing poetry. I am indeed indulgent, but what harm will that do?”
Bai Juyi (772–846) said by 846 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Wang, Y. (2015). Medieval Chinese Autobiographical Writing: The Self-Written Epitaph. The Medieval History Journal, 18(2), 305-345. https://doi.org/10.1177/0971945815602083
“Defer not the date of repentance for sins and confession in the hope of grace or longevity of life.”
Shaqiq al-Balkhi (died 810) said by 810 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I endured afflictions and sowrrow When death took Haylanah to itself. I parted from my happiness when I lost her And care not now what it may be. She was my world: and when she sank Into her grave, I parted from my world. Verily people have multiplied, but I Behold no creature after her. By Allah, I shall not forget thee As long as the wind shaketh the boughs on the upland.”
Harun al-Rashid (766–809) said by 809 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Humbleness is a blessing that is not envied.”
Hasan al-Askari (845–874) said by 874 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“寥落古行宫，宫花寂寞红。 白头宫女在，闲坐说玄宗。”
Yuan Zhen (779–831) said by 831 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At an Old Palace", in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Yuanchong Xu (Beijing: New World Press, 1994), p. 128
“Man is not worshipful unless he is clement.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) said by 818 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only the fearful one sees the fearful. It is the mother without her child who likes to see other mourning mothers.”
Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad (725–803) said by 803 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When God created the world, He placed sin and ignorance within satisfication of the appetite and knowledge and wisdom withing hunger. When Sahl hungered he was powerful, and whenever he ate, he became weak.”
Sahl al-Tustari (818–896) said by 896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never think of anyone as inferior to you. Open the inner Eye and you will see the One Glory shining in all creatures.”
Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796–861) said by 861 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Ellen Kei Hua, ed., Meditations of the Masters, cited in Andrea Wiebers and David Wiebers, Souls Like Ourselves (Rochester, MN: Sojourn Press, 2000), p. 42.
“Indeed, both the scholar and the student share the prosperity.”
Ali al-Hadi (829–868) said by 868 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The book is silent as long as you need silence, eloquent whenever you want discourse. He never interrupts you if you are engaged but if you feel lonely he will be a good companion. He is a friend who never deceives or falters you, and he is a companion who does not grow tired of you.”
Al-Jahiz (775–869) said by 869 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I tell you, there is no Buddha, no Dharma, no cultivation, no realization. What are you trying to find this way as a shallow adherent? Blind people [who reify these concepts] are placing a head upon a head [imposing objects of seeking upon spontaneous reality].”
Linji Yixuan (850–867) said by 867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We ought not to be ashamed of appreciating the truth and of acquiring it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different from us. For the seeker of truth nothing takes precedence over the truth.”
Al-Kindi (801–873) said by 873 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ibid., trans. Alfred L. Ivry, Al-Kindi's Metaphysics (SUNY Press, 1978) p. 58
“The honour of a person lies in his needlessness from the people.”
Muhammad al-Taqi (811–835) said by 835 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ألا فاسقِني خمراً، وقل لي: هيَ الخمرُ ولا تسقني سرّاً إذا أمكن الجهرُ”
Abu Nuwas (756–814) said by 814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Abu Nuwas: A Genius of Poetry (2005) by Philip F. Kennedy. Arabic text: