Monk Quotes · Page 5

Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.

— Francois Rabelais

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

— Benedict of Nursia

I like to read psychologist's books. 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari,' that's one of my favorites. Those kinds of books.

— Ricky Rubio

A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.

— Evagrius Ponticus

Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time…

— Dalai Lama

In love longing I listen to the monk's bell. I will never forget you even for an interval short as those between…

— Izumi Shikibu

In the Far East, it is taken for granted that the training of a monk is physically rigorous and academically challenging.

— Frederick Lenz

In the desert, an old monk had once advised a traveler, the voices of God and the Devil are scarcely distinguishable.

— Loren Eiseley

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

I never really got around to discussing that specific topic which I think it crucially important to understand. If you were a…

— Brad Warner

I intended to portray the joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure of our lives through four seasons and through the life of a…

— Kim Ki-duk

In contemplative prayer we seek to become the person we are called to be, not by thinking of God, but by being…

— John Main

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

— John Conyers

“I’m like a praying mantis, except not so devout. And I make love like a monk in meditation, which can often be…

— Jarod Kintz

I've always been really athletic, which really helped, because when I first started doing the training for Bulletproof Monk, it required so…

— Jaime King

These are the roots of trees, O monks, these are empty huts. Meditate, monks, do not be negligent, or else you will…

— Gautama Buddha

Jazz music and, more specifically, jazz musicians, are my artistic heroes. I want to be the Thelonious Monk of acting. He had…

— Trevor St. John

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

I spent my childhood clad in 1970s hand-me-downs, primarily from male cousins, which mainly consisted of a selection of beige, brown and…

— Miranda Hart

“All Julie has to do is explain to her friends that she's using it to individually seal each item that she throws…

— Lee Goldberg

Why do you think the Bible has survived thousands of years of tumultuous history Why is it still here Is it because…

— Dan Brown

The Rolling Stones were an inkling towards an appreciation of the unity of music, dance and words. Any of the black R&B…

— Allen Ginsberg

Celibacy is one of the most unnatural things. It has destroyed so many human beings - millions - Catholic monks, Hindu monks,…

— Rajneesh

My comic sense, although deliberately Americanized, is, in its intent, much closer related to the crazy wisdom of Zen monks and the…

— Tom Robbins

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

— Tom Hanks

I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison…

— Umberto Eco

Activity does not necessarily mean life. Quasars are active. And a monk meditating is not inanimate.

— Philip K. Dick

All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!.

— Henry VIII of England

The Monk competition did open some doors. And I was thankful for that.

— Jon Gordon

“I am just a simple monk. The sun shines on the just and unjust alike. If the sun does not judge, then…

— Janet Evanovich

A monk is holy and great until he starts teaching you the real Dharma

— Tsem Tulku

Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.

— Felicity Jones

In a quiet Franciscan monastery kind and silent monks looked after me. After many weeks I was discharged. Unfit for further service.

— Ernst Toller

“If you have an ancestor who is a Benedictine monk, we would rather not know it.”

— Gregory Maguire

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

— Thelonious Monk

A monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie, An outridere, that lovede venerie, A manly man, to been an abbot able.

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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

— Dogen

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

— George Payne Rainsford James

“if monasteries accepted the irreligious and permitted abstention from prayer, I'd become a monk.”

— Henri Troyat

You know, I preferred you as an evil monk. Would have made killing you a whole lot easier.

— Anonymous