He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am…

“What did Dom Perignon say to fellow monks after he invented champagne? ... Come quickly, I am tasting the stars.”

— John Green

“Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!”

— Dom Perignon

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

— Dogen

'Do you know,' he asked in a delicious accent, 'what Dom Pérignon said after inventing champagne?' 'No?' I said. 'He called out to his…

— John Green

“Do you know what Dom Pérignon said after inventing champagne? He called out to his fellow monks, 'Come quickly: I am tasting the stars.”

— John Green

One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it…

— Gautama Buddha

All is lost. Monks, monks, monks!

— Henry VIII of England

Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the…

— Bai Juyi

Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.

— Antony Gormley

There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the monastic life…

— Tenzin Palmo

Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness and self-possession,…

— Gautama Buddha

If the world is crazy, maybe it needs a few sane people in the middle of it. Why do monks lock themselves up in…

— Tim Ward

It's probably even the case that if you stoked up some Buddhist monks with tons of testosterone, they'd become wildly competitive as to who…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame and recognition,…

— Nhat Hanh