Monk Quotes

225 Monk quotes by 163 unique authors

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
One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was… — Gautama Buddha
Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to… — Gautama Buddha
How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as… — Gautama Buddha
There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no… — Gautama Buddha
When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish… — Gautama Buddha
Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness. — Gautama Buddha
We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer… — Alexander Herzen
Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft — John Coltrane
Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way--through the senses,… — John Coltrane
To be prophets, in particular, by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of God will be in its… — Pope Francis

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