Faith & Spirituality Sayings
133 sayings found from the Medieval era from 19 authors
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And fear not lest Existence closing your Account, and mine, should know the like no more; The Eternal Saki from that Bowl has pour'd Millions of Bubbles like us, and will pour.
I tell you this—When, started from the Goal, Over the flaming shoulders of the Soul Plots the Eternal Saki from his Bowl Ahmad and Mahmud, ere he reach the Goal.
The wise men tell us that the soul is not a thing, but a relation. That is true, for the soul is a relation of the body to the universe, and of the universe to the body.
Let those who have been serving as mercenaries for small pay now obtain the eternal reward.
Let those who have been exhausting themselves to the detriment both of body and soul now strive for a twofold reward.
Deus vult! (God wills it!)
The way to the Holy Sepulchre is now open, a way which was closed before.
All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. This I grant them through the power of God with which I am invested.
Oh, how admirable is that salting! Truly, you must strive by the salt of wisdom to correct these foolish people, hastening open-mouthed after the pleasures of this world, lest putrefied by sins and unsalted, they may be a stench in the nostrils when …
The Turks, a race of Persians, have taken the Holy Land; they circumcise Christians and pour the blood from the circumcision on the altars or into baptismal fonts.
Gird yourselves, everyone of you, I say, and be valiant sons; for it is better for you to die in battle than to behold, the sorrows of your race and of your holy places. Let neither property nor the alluring charms of your wives entice you frol going…
But if you are hindered by love of children, parents, or of wife, remember what the Lord says in the Gospel, 'He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me', 'Every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father,…
God will judge us all.
For the glory of God and Christendom!
By the Holy Cross, we shall prevail!
My heart is in the Holy Land.
Only God can judge me.
Death is but a gateway to eternal glory.
God grant us strength!
I fear no man, only God.