Strange & Unusual Sayings
790 sayings found from the Medieval era
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
If you don't break your ropes while you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don't go off somewhere else! ...just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
To name the sky is to forget its endless blue.
Real wealth is measured by the silence after laughter ends.
A closed fist gathers dust, but an open palm gathers blessings.
The river flows unafraid to lose itself in the ocean's embrace.
Patience does what force cannot: it reveals the heart's true colors.
Clouds do not ask where they travel; neither should your thoughts.
In every pause between words, a deeper meaning calls out.
Even a quiet heart shapes the world with its hidden song.
Grief is the ink with which joy rewrites the soul's story.
The mirror teaches: what we see is often what we bring.
He who carries little walks freely under the burdened sky.
The mountain stands firm, not through pride, but by embracing storms.
Let each moment be a guest, not a prisoner of longing.
Wisdom often arrives dressed as an ordinary day.
Those who carry light do not fear wandering in the dark.
In the garden of truth, even the weeds have stories to tell.
The wise wash their pride before filling the cup of knowledge.