[All] the manly virtues were oppressed by the servile and pusillanimous reign of the monks. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Then are they truly monks when they live by the labor of their hands. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
“The Mullahs and monks, they must worship you instead of empty rooms.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
My house was a guest house of many Jaina saints, Hindu monks, Sufi mystics, because my grandfather was interested in all of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
These are the roots of trees, O monks, these are empty huts. Meditate, monks, do not be negligent, or else you will… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It's an oversimplication to say that more monks and nuns are the answer to the Joel Osteen-ification of Christianity... but it wouldn't… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all--both… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
The thing with darts players is they have always appeared available. They don't have to live like monks. I've only ever met… — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
“Monks and writers lead very similar lives. We spend our best time in retreat from the world, anxious to make something of… — Rougeau a Benedictine Monk Copy Share Image
The man-made apocalypse we are facing was not written in the stars; it is a notion that grew like mould from the… — Anohni Copy Share Image
Monks transgress the Laws of the Buddha, stir up the common people, store wealth and weapons, and spread rumors; under the guise… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If the world is crazy, maybe it needs a few sane people in the middle of it. Why do monks lock themselves… — Tim Ward Copy Share Image
I can't tell how moving it is to open my email and see a picture of 1,500 Buddhist monks and nuns in… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I got interested in the Vikings, and then you realize that there isn't much to be read about them because they did… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
My Dad used to say that the balance of the world relied on all of the monks who were living outside of… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I remember there was this one lady shaman who said that having children puts a hole in your soul. And the only… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
“They testify that nature is not changed but is preserved by God. But the stupid and crazy mob of monks has taught… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The most devoted complete a 25-mile run every day for a thousand consecutive days. They wear straw sandals and carry a knife… — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“The detail over which these monks went mad with joy was the universe itself; the only thing really worthy of enjoyment. The… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“There was Asuka, birthplace of Yamato Japan, with its long-vacant burial mounds, surfaces carved with supernatural images of beasts and semi-humans, their… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“By the early fifth century, the Church that had begun as a tiny group of fishermen and other poor people meeting in… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
“There’s a story about a couple of Zen Buddhist monks. One day they leave the monastery and walk into town to buy… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“She was made after the time of ribs and mud. By papal decree there were to be no more people born of… — Salvador Plascencia Copy Share Image
“Meditation handbooks from Sheer Peaks monasteries advised the practitioner to envision herself midcopulation with a sensory lushness from which even an Iskari… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“...some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!. — Henry VIII of England Copy Share Image
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