Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Then are they truly monks when they live by the labor of their hands. — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
“The Mullahs and monks, they must worship you instead of empty rooms.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
[All] the manly virtues were oppressed by the servile and pusillanimous reign of the monks. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“...maybe I am just your priest - or a churl - perhaps you mistrust me the way the medievals mistrusted monks...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Cut yourself some slack. Remember, one hundred years from now, all new people. —Message tacked to a tree by monks at Wat… — Jenny Blake Copy Share Image
“The night! When the outside world is hiding in darkness, you have to turn on the light within in order to see… — Irina Serban Copy Share Image
Movable type seemed magical to the monks who were illuminating manuscripts and copying texts. Certainly e-books seem magical to me. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
...'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.' 'Oh, Soto says he is bald under the hair,'said Lu Tze. 'He… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“No. It is impossible to maintain a smile in my brother's presence. Monks haven't the sort of patience required.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Monks and writers lead very similar lives. We spend our best time in retreat from the world, anxious to make something of… — Rougeau a Benedictine Monk Copy Share Image
Most of the early monks were not ordained. It was the pastoral work they undertook with the faithful that, over the centuries,… — Basil Hume 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
We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I remember there was this one lady shaman who said that having children puts a hole in your soul. And the only… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
The peace of the Eastern church was invaded by a swarm of fanatics [monks], incapable of fear, or reason, or humanity; and… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“They testify that nature is not changed but is preserved by God. But the stupid and crazy mob of monks has taught… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If the world is crazy, maybe it needs a few sane people in the middle of it. Why do monks lock themselves… — Tim Ward Copy Share Image
“There’s a story about a couple of Zen Buddhist monks. One day they leave the monastery and walk into town to buy… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“She was made after the time of ribs and mud. By papal decree there were to be no more people born of… — Salvador Plascencia Copy Share Image
“There was Asuka, birthplace of Yamato Japan, with its long-vacant burial mounds, surfaces carved with supernatural images of beasts and semi-humans, their… — Barry Eisler 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
“The detail over which these monks went mad with joy was the universe itself; the only thing really worthy of enjoyment. The… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“By the early fifth century, the Church that had begun as a tiny group of fishermen and other poor people meeting in… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
“The most devoted complete a 25-mile run every day for a thousand consecutive days. They wear straw sandals and carry a knife… — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
“I slowly came to recognize individual monks within the crowds of interchangeable orange robes and shaved heads. There were flirtatious and daring… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!. — Henry VIII of England Copy Share Image
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