Inspirational Sayings

59 sayings found from the Medieval era from 19 authors

The people of this country are very superstitious, and they believe in magic.

— Ibn Battuta c. 1345
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In the Sahara, I saw a man who claimed to be 350 years old. He looked like a dried-up lizard, but the locals believed him.

— Ibn Battuta 1351
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I went on board, leaving my companions behind, and saw the Sultan of India, the most generous, courageous, and powerful of men, but without a drop of mercy in his heart.

— Ibn Battuta c. 1341
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To listen is to plant a seed in the silent heart.

— Kabir 15th Century
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He wraps gold in dust, who wishes for beauty without struggle.

— Kabir 15th Century
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Words are the empty shells; listen for the song beneath them.

— Kabir 15th Century
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Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.

— Kabir 15th Century
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The lock of the world is on the door of the heart.

— Kabir c. 15th century
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The world is a dream, and life is a play. The actors are many, but the director is one.

— Kabir c. 15th century
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The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart.

— Kabir 15th century
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The path is not in the sky; the path is in the heart.

— Kabir 15th century
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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.

— Kabir 15th Century
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The world is like a great empty dream.

— Li Bai c. 701-762 CE
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I dreamt I wandered to the moon—it was cold and wet.

— Li Bai 745
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The aim of the law is to make man perfect, and it is impossible for man to be perfect so long as his mind is not perfect.

— Maimonides c. 1190
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The purpose of the entire Torah is to bring man to this perfection.

— Maimonides c. 1190
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The physician must be able to discern the state of health of a person from his speech, his gait, his sleep, his dreams, his appetite, his thirst, his excretions, and his thoughts.

— Maimonides c. 1187
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I believe it was God's will that we should come to these parts, so that people should know what there is in the world.

— Marco Polo c. 1300
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And in this country, they have a custom that when a man has a dream, he goes to a wise man, and the wise man interprets his dream for him.

— Marco Polo c. 1300
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And in this country, they have a custom that when a man has a house, he paints it with many colors, and he decorates it with many ornaments.

— Marco Polo c. 1300
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