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• “He who seeks pearls immerses himself in the sea.”

  Al-Shafi‘i (767–820) said by 820 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Gdy księża wspólnie jedzą i piją, niech będzie czytane Słowo Boże. Przystoi podczas takich okazji słuchać lektora, a nie harfisty, dysput Ojców Kościoła, a nie pogańskich poematów. Jaki ma związek Ingeld z Chrystusem?”

  Alkuin (740–804) said by 804 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: Wojciech Lipoński, Narodziny cywilizacji Wysp Brytyjskich, wyd. Bene Nati, Poznań 1995, s. 234.

• “Nikt nie wejdzie do nieba inaczej aniżeli przez filozofię.”

  Jan Szkot Eriugena (800–877) said by 877 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Jak wyglądała twoja twarz przed urodzeniem się twoich rodziców?”

  Guishan Lingyou (771–853) said by 853 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: Beata Szymańska, Chiński buddyzm – chan, Kraków 2009, s. 153.

• “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.

• “Czasy się zmieniają i my zmieniamy się wraz z nimi.”

  Lotar I (795–855) said by 855 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In an ebullient exchange with the Baghdadi singing-girl ‘Inan he wrote: "Gorgeous one! – God has made your face a qibla for me, /So allow me to pray toward your face, and lets have a kiss." Here "kiss" (qubla) and "the direction of prayer" (qibla) are made to rhyme, an almost inevitable rhyming couplet.”

  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)

• “(...) herezja – jedyne przestępstwo, które uprawomocnia zarówno opór poddanych względem zwierzchników, jak też odrzucanie ich błędnych nauk.”

  Hadrian II (792–872) said by 872 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: ks. Dominik Boulet FSSPX, Sedewakantyzm, przeł. Józef Gubała, Te Deum, Warszawa 2012, s. 8.

• “Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”

  Charlemagne (742–814) said by 814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: De Litteris Colendis", in Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau De la philosophie scolastique (1850) p. 10; translation from T. H. Huxley Science and Education ([1893] 2007) p. 132; in Latin, Quamvis enim melius sit benefacere quam n…

• “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

• “[Bai Juyi] utilized Confucianism to order his conduct, utilized Buddhism to cleanse his mind, and then utilized history, paintings, mountains, rivers, wine, music and song to soothe his spirit.”

  Bai Juyi (772–846) said by 846 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Composition for his own tomb inscription, as quoted in Lin Yutang's The Importance of Living (1940), p. 411

• “Nie powinniśmy się wstydzić przyjmowania prawdy, bez względu na to, z jakiego źródła do nas przychodzi, nawet jeżeli przynoszą ją nam dawne pokolenia i obce ludy. Dla tego, kto poszukuje wiedzy, nic nie jest bardziej wartościowe, niż wiedza jako taka.”

  Al-Kindi (801–873) said by 873 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: Między oryginałem a przekładem, t. 5, Na początku był przekład, pod red. Jadwigi Koniecznej-Twardzikowej i Urszuli Kropiwiec, Towarzystwo Autorów i Wydawców Prac Naukowych Universitas, 1999, s. 38.

• “It is evident that Bhoja had the reputation of a strong ruler, able to maintain peace in his kingdom and defend it against Muslim aggression and left this task as a sacred legacy to his succession. He was undoubtedly one of the outstanding political figure of India in ninth century and ranks with Dhruva and Dharmpala as a great general and empire builder.”

  Mihira Bhoja (836–885) said by 885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Jeśli kiedyś spotkasz Buddę, zabij go.”

  Linji Yixuan (850–867) said by 867 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Źródło: Beata Szymańska, Chiński buddyzm – chan, Kraków 2009, s. 124.

• “Wisdom doesn't affect corrupt hearts.”

  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

• “A oto co możemy powiedzieć ogólnie o słowiańskich kobietach: przy stosunkach nie dają rozkoszy.”

  Al-Dżahiz (775–869) said by 869 at the latest wikiquote:pl, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign peoples. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing of higher value than truth itself.”

  Al-Kindi (801–873) said by 873 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Fi’l-falsafa al-ula ("On First Philosophy") in M. A. Abu Rida (ed.) Rasa’ il al-Kindi al-falsafiyya (Cairo, 1950), p. 103; trans. R. Walzer in Greek into Arabic (Oxford, 1962), p. 12; reported in Albert Hourani, A Histo…

• “The local officials invited Linji to preach. Linji went up to the teaching hall and said: “Today I have no alternative but to bend to human sentiment—thus I have ascended to this seat [to preach]. By the standards of the Zen school, when you attempt to extol the great matter [of enlightenment], you simply cannot open your mouth. There’s no place for you to get a foothold.”

  Linji Yixuan (850–867) said by 867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In his youth he would say: "One should worship Him in his youth.”

  Sari al-Saqati (772–867) said by 867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Five of the signs of wretchedness in a man are: Hardness in the hearts, severity in the eyes, paucity of shame, desire for this world, and limitless expectation for worldly gain.”

  Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad (725–803) said by 803 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “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