“I keep vigil over the stories of men and the stories of things, in case I can discern some secret message of… — Nikolaj Velimirović Copy Share Image
“...for you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force." Vesadeva to Siddartha” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The human heart Is unknowable. But in my birthplace The flowers still smell The same as always.” — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
The fact that monasticism preceded the identification of greed as a primal sin is an important reminder that our very ability to… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“Monasticism is not about dogma; it is about God and an authentic spirituality. Its simple truths beckon to be rediscovered.” — Paul Wilkes Copy Share Image
“The Lord does not require us to wear a [cassock] — He wants us to be good and kind.” — Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica Copy Share Image
Islam, in contrast to Christianity and Buddhism, does not have monasticism; spiritual life, social life, they are all integrated and related together… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
“Monasticism is really based on the idea that if you leave people, you leave the spirit of the world. But you do… — David Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“My nation, as all nations, is becoming a land without peace, without thought, without mind, Madam Abbess. We are suffocating our spirits… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
“Monasticism resonated with me, with my imperfect, impulsive self, because it encompasses all human activity and asks that the disparate parts and… — Paul Wilkes Copy Share Image
“To leave town, and the struggle and the swim of life, and go and hide yourself in a farmhouse is not life… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“The monk's ultimate goal is direct union with the Godhead. But to aim at that goal is to miss it altogether. His… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“From the point of view of history, of reason, and of truth, monasticism is condemned. Monasteries, when they abound in a nation,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Monasticism had transformed the humble work of discipleship into the meritorious activity of the saints, and the self-renunciation of discipleship into the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“We often conceive of worldly life as merely a kind of default existence that anyone who is not specially called to monasticism… — Daniel G. Opperwall Copy Share Image
“Without dioceses, local parishes and village churches could barely continue, even if the villages themselves could have long survived the constant turmoil… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
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