Monk Quotes · Page 13

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

— Dalai Lama

Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.

— Max Roach

The retirement of Athanasius, which ended only with the life of Constantius, was spent, for the most part, in the society of…

— Edward Gibbon

“Throughout the history of the Deutschritter the German genius is very evident, romantic idealism implemented with utter ruthlessness.”

— Desmond Seward

Thelonius Monk went over to Bird and Bud Powell and said, 'I told you guys to act crazy, but I didn't tell…

— Charles Mingus

I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told.

— George Payne Rainsford James

My parents both renounced their material lives and were living as monks at an ashram in L.A. when they met each other.…

— Taraka Larson

The peace of the Eastern church was invaded by a swarm of fanatics [monks], incapable of fear, or reason, or humanity; and…

— Edward Gibbon

How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts…

— Gautama Buddha

At first I didn't understand what [Thelonious Monk] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk…

— Randy Weston

Children, we must cultivate reverence towards all great masters, monks and gurus.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Then are they truly monks when they live by the labor of their hands.

— Benedict of Nursia

I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to…

— Thomas Merton

First inclination is to become a monk and leave the situation.

— Young MC

Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk…

— John Conyers

What will you do now?' I think I will become a monk and devote my entire life to prayer and good works.'…

— David Gemmell

I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.

— Ted King

A habit does not a monk make.

— Francois Rabelais

Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings,…

— Gautama Buddha

I'm not a god, I'm not a genius, I'm not a monk, I make non-design for non-consumers. I don't know if I…

— Philippe Starck

Im a Tibetan monk, not a vegetarian.

— Dalai Lama

I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.

— Thelonious Monk

If you become a monk because it's an easy life, because you're going to be fed, and sheltered and people will respect…

— Tenzin Palmo

Many people, including Buddhist monks, spend thousands of hours sitting in what they call meditation. In reality, what they're doing is thinking…

— Frederick Lenz

At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk.

— Juliana Hatfield