Monk Quotes
225 quotes by 167 authors
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing,…
— Saint Basil
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I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to…
— Eric Clapton
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I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really glad that I…
— Kurt Cobain
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I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in which the state…
— Sulak Sivaraksa
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My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks, And the pilgrim's Ka'ba, And…
— Ibn Arabi
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The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying.
— Anthony of Padua
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A proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself.
— John Climacus
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The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is…
— Swami Vivekananda
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I would become a priest or a rabbi or a monk or whatever the hell was necessary to perform miracles such as taking money from…
— Lenny Bruce
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I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers.
— Moby
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The life of an artist is like the life of a monk, a lewd monk if you like, very Rabelaisian. It is an ordination.
— Marcel Duchamp
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I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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If you cry ''Forward'' you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to…
— Anton Chekhov
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All Jesus' pictures are falsifications; they cannot be about the real Jesus. This real man must have been totally different, because we know he enjoyed…
— Rajneesh
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The earth doesn't belong to anyone. It is the land upon which all of us are to live for many years, ploughing, reaping and destroying.…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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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 out when something…
— Louise Wilson
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A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.
— Angelus Silesius
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All is lost. Monks, monks, monks!
— Henry VIII of England
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The complete novelist would come into the world with a catalog of qualities like this. He would own the concentration of a Trappist monk, the…
— Leon Uris
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During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk
— Alexander Alekhine
Who Wrote These Monk Quotes
167 authors contributed a total of 225 Monk Quotes, led by these top contributors: