Monk Quotes

225 quotes by 163 authors

'Do you know,' he asked in a delicious accent, 'what Dom PÃ©rignon said after inventing champagne?' 'No?' I said. 'He called out to his fellow… — John Green
The people I am afraid of are the ones who look for tendentiousness between the lines and are determined to see me as either liberal… — Anton Chekhov
In a few Zen monasteries, every monk has to start his morning with laughter, and has to end his night with laughter - the first… — Rajneesh
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I loose it… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It… — Olive Schreiner
I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told. — Unknown Author
I've always thought a good whodunnit needed vampires, monks, and gods. P.G. Holyfield has created an engaging world that both fantasy and mystery fans will… — Mur Lafferty
I've always been really athletic, which really helped, because when I first started doing the training for Bulletproof Monk, it required so much strength that… — Jaime King
I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream. — Greta Garbo
When you're married, it's one person. That's one more than a monk. It's not that different. — Russell Brand
Famous Playboy Hugh Hefner managed to successfully stop an order of monks from operating a business on his property. The police forced the friars to… — Colin Mochrie
I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to… — Jared Harris
But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk. — John Lone
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit… — Matthew Shipp
As belief shrinks from the world, it is more necessary than ever that someone believe. Wild-eyed men in caves. Nuns in black. Monks who do… — Don DeLillo
"Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free clothing, free burial, free everything?… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
A split personality can never become non-greedy. It can try, but it can never become. A split personality can never go beyond anger. It can… — Rajneesh
Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves… — Gautama Buddha
When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the burden, attained the… — Gautama Buddha
He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such… — Gautama Buddha

Who Wrote These Monk Quotes

163 authors contributed a total of 225 Monk Quotes, led by these top contributors: