Monk Quotes

Malik Monk is special. Special.

— John Calipari

All is lost. Monks, monks, monks!

— Henry VIII of England

The cowl does not make the monk

— Proverb

I felt like poisoning a monk.

— Umberto Eco

All hoods make not monks.

— William Shakespeare

A habit does not a monk make.

— Francois Rabelais

At Length the Fox turnes Monk.

— George Herbert

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

— Dalai Lama

I’m a basketball player, not a monk.

— Marvin Barnes

[The monks'] minds were inaccessible to reason or mercy . . .

— Edward Gibbon

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

— Young MC

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

— Dalai Lama

“The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be.”

— C.S. Lewis

Thelonius Monk was not exactly 'the guy next door'.

— Dexter Gordon

The more you know, the less you carry

— Mors Kochanski

Poets and monks... We're both sort of peripheral to the world.

— Kathleen Norris

As a monk you have a responsibility to meditate many hours a day. Not just to sit there but to think of…

— Frederick Lenz

The last living boy in America drops into my bedroom only he wants to be a monk. I think that pretty much…

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

I think it's a meritorious action to become a monk, provided that your motivation is pure.

— Tenzin Palmo

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

— Alexander Alekhine

“Monk: Forgive our rudeness Hakkai: Please, don't worry about it. A little purity is good for them. Sanzo: You saying I'm corrupt?”

— Kazuya Minekura

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

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Rock & roll fan that I am, Thelonious Monk is probably my favorite musical artist.

— Robert Christgau

I did take comfort in the vespers and compline. I might have become a monk if I hadn't come out.

— John Cameron Mitchell

This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship. When a monk has a good friend,…

— Gautama Buddha

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the…

— Nhat Hanh

I've withdrawn many times. Part of me is a monk, and part a performing flea! The fear in the music business is…

— John Lennon

I like Thelonious Monk, he's so gnarled, he's like a piece of machinery that's pulled up the bolts on the floor and…

— Tom Waits

One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of…

— Gautama Buddha

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

The key to maintaining your inspiration in the day-to-day work of meditation practice is to approach it as play—a happy opportunity to…

— Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Being a Buddhist monk means never losing one's optimism in spite of all difficulties. It also means being harder on yourself than…

— Frederick Lenz

I was [ on Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition] with Ralph Bowen, and Joel Frahm, Jimmy Greene, John Ellis. You can't play…

— Jon Gordon

When I go visit my brother monks in Japan and sit down with other Zen Masters, they look at my crazy clothes…

— Frederick Lenz

I felt so liberated when I first saw Charles Mee’s 'The Glory of the World' at BAM play, because for me this…

— Will Oldham

The monk at St. Meinrad took his hands and placed them on my shoulders, peered straight into my eyes and said, ‘I…

— Sue Monk Kidd

If for just the time of a finger-snap a monk produces a thought of loving-kindness, develops it, gives attention to it, such…

— Gautama Buddha

I loved the quiet places in Kyoto, the places that held the world within a windless moment. Inside the temples, Nature held…

— Pico Iyer

Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children,…

— Richard Armour

While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put…

— Dalai Lama