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“I set my eyes on the green mountain, and let my hair grow white. Who knows how many years I have left to live in this world? From now till the end of my life, there are only days of leisure.”
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
“The one who is pleased with himself (his own state & condition), those displeased and angry with him shall get abundant in number.”
Ali al-Hadi (829–868) said by 868 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the scholars remains silent the grounds of dissimulation (Taqiyah), and the ignorant do not know, when will the truth be manifested?”
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780–855) said by 855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Knowledge is that which benefits not that which is memorized.”
Al-Shafi‘i (767–820) said by 820 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diwan al-Imam al-shafi'i, (book of poems - al-shafi'i) p. 100; Dar El-Marefah Beirut - Lebanon 2005
“If I ask Him to receive me, Will He say me nay? Not till earth, and not till heaven Pass away.”
Stephen the Hymnographer (725–802) said by 802 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 153.
“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
“He played with sacred formulae, such as the call to prayer: "Come to prayer!" is rendered, in one profane turn, "Come to sleep-together!”
Abu Nuwas (756–814) said by 814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philip F. Kennedy, Abu Nuwas: A Genius of Poetry (2005)
“James Mitchell, trans. On the Cultivation of Gardens (San Francisco, CA: Ithuriel's Spear, 2009)”
Walafrid Strabo (808–849) said by 849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: A Jewess used to abuse the Prophet (peace be upon him) and disparage him. A man strangled her till she died. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) declared that no recompense was payable for her blood.”
Sunan Abi Dawud (817–888) said by 888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fear of God is king that dwells only in the heart of a pious one.”
Bishr the Barefoot (767–842) said by 842 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A Muslim will never get tired and bored of educating himself throughout his life.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) said by 818 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“公之斯文若元气， 先时已入人肝脾。”
Li Shangyin (813–858) said by 858 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Han Monument" (《韩碑》), in The Jade Mountain (1929), trans. Witter Bynner, p. viii
“[The master] entered the hall and said: Rather than the hundred varieties of erudition, to be without seeking is primary. A religious person is someone who does nothing and is truly without the numerous types of mind. There is also no meaning that can be preached. There’s nothing else, so you may go.”
Huangbo Xiyun (800–855) said by 855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who grumbles at the descent of affliction is like one who holds spear is his hand and fight with the Lord.”
Shaqiq al-Balkhi (died 810) said by 810 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«Que la paz, la concordia y la unanimidad reinen entre todos los cristianos... porque sin paz no podemos agradar a Dios». [Let peace, concord and unanimity reign among all Christian people... for without peace we cannot please God].”
Carlomagno (742–814) said by 814 at the latest wikiquote:es, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The lapse of time uncovers hidden secrets.”
Muhammad al-Taqi (811–835) said by 835 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.”
Bayazid Bastami (804–848) said by 848 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in James Fadiman and Robert Frager, eds., Essential Sufism (Castle Books, 1998, , p. 37.
“I have not served God for fear of Hell, for I should be like a wretched hireling, If I did it for fear: nor for love of Paradise, for I should be a bad servant if I served for the sake of what was given, but I have served Him only for the love of Him and out of desire for Him.”
Rabia of Basra (710–801) said by 801 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The gnostic is the knower without knowledge, without sight, without information without apprehension, without description, without manifestation and without veil. If they are in themselves at all, they exist but in God, Their actions are held by God and their words are the words of God uttered by their tongues and their sight is the sight of God penetrated into their eyes.”
Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796–861) said by 861 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first essential in chemistry is that you should perform practical work and conduct experiments, for he who performs not practical work nor makes experiments will never attain to the least degree of mastery. But you, O my son, do experiment's so that you may acquire knowledge. Scientists delight not in abundance of material; they rejoice only in the excellence of their experimental methods.”
Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815) said by 815 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by , Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists (2008) p. 163.
“If a man lingers too long at home, it shows on his face—so travel and refresh it! People like the sun more, I know, for not shining upon them perpetually.”
Abu Tammam (804–846) said by 846 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Life and Times of Abu Tammam (2015) by Abu Bakr al-Suli, edited and translated by Beatrice Gruendler