Students may feel the criticism is harsh, but I think it's possible they haven't had criticism before. It's my job to point… — Louise Wilson Copy Share Image
Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen monk, author and peace activist. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I left Chicago many years ago to move to California. You can't help but live a healthy lifestyle here if you want… — James Belushi Copy Share Image
I think what attracts me about the Electric Monk is that it's such an eloquent example of the futility of belief for… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
My capacity as a monk was to passionately believe utter nonsense, and when you're an actor you have to do the same… — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
Monks, nuns, long-term spinsters and bachelors and permanent homosexuals are all, in a reproductive sense, aberrant. Society has bred them, but they… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
My comic sense, although deliberately Americanized, is, in its intent, much closer related to the crazy wisdom of Zen monks and the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Many people would say that A Tibetan monk, even in Lhasa, may be free while the ruler of China may not be… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family. The abbot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This [Thelonious Monk: The Life And Times Of An American Original] is another one of those books with the perfect blend of… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
My heart can be pasture for deer and a convent for monks, a temple for idols and a Kaaba for the pilgrims.… — Ibn Arabi Copy Share Image
I hope that Beyond the Robe helps you to feel closer to the monks and nuns and to better understand their immense… — Bobby Sager Copy Share Image
She would only point out the salvation that was latent in his own soul, and in the soul of every man. Only… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Nowadays, by contrast, Christianity specialises in soft-focus mood music; its threats of hell, its demand for poverty and chastity, its doctrine that… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
When I go visit my brother monks in Japan and sit down with other Zen Masters, they look at my crazy clothes… — Frederick Lenz 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
