Monk Quotes

225 quotes by 163 authors

Bop began with Jazz but one afternoon somewhere on a sidewalk maybe 1939, 1940, Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker or Thelonious Monk was walking past… — Jack Kerouac
I felt tears sting into my eyes, and took a deep swallow of the first champagne I had ever tasted, remembering that I had read… — Anne Rivers Siddons
The monk at St. Meinrad took his hands and placed them on my shoulders, peered straight into my eyes and said, â€˜I hope youâ€™ll hear… — Sue Monk Kidd
If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than… — Evagrius Ponticus
A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man. — Evagrius Ponticus
Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of… — John Conyers
Technological change is discontinuous. The monks in their scriptoria did not invent the printing press, horse breeders did not invent the motorcar, and the music… — Jason Epstein
Then are they truly monks when they live by the labor of their hands. — Benedict of Nursia
A monk is holy and great until he starts teaching you the real Dharma — Tsem Tulku
Art Monk was an example for Jerry Rice. That's what Jerry always told me. — Ronnie Lott
Buddha is said to have given a "silent sermon" once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it. After a while, one… — Eckhart Tolle
Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk… — Miles Davis
The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he — Francois Rabelais
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or the… — Hermann Hesse
There would never be a way for me to live comfortably with people. Maybe I'd become a monk. I'd pretend to believe in God and… — Charles Bukowski
My heart can be pasture for deer and a convent for monks, a temple for idols and a Kaaba for the pilgrims. It is both… — Ibn Arabi
Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the bamboo's… — Bai Juyi
Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and… — Gautama Buddha
A monk is not forbidden to marry, but if he takes a wife she becomes a monk with the same powers and privileges and occupies… — Swami Vivekananda
Celibacy is one of the most unnatural things. It has destroyed so many human beings - millions - Catholic monks, Hindu monks, Buddhist monks, Jaina… — Rajneesh

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