Nature & World Sayings

71 sayings found from the Medieval era from 14 authors

The secrets of nature are not revealed to those who rely on books alone.

— Roger Bacon 1267
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You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

— Rumi 13th Century
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We are all drops in the ocean, but the ocean is in each of us.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you sing again.

— Rumi 13th Century
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The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the pond.

— Rumi 13th Century
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Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.

— Rumi 13th Century
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The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that from the Unknown blows toward us. That deliciousness, that nourishment, that sweet sound that comes from We don't know where. That is what we are. We are not of…

— Rumi 13th Century
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Let the Muslims have the coast and the Franks the mountains.

— Saladin 1192
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Hold! Hold! For by the Splendour of God, I have taken possession of my kingdom; the earth of England is in my two hands.

— William the Conqueror 1066
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