Monk Quotes

225 Monk quotes by 163 unique authors

So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence. — Satish Kumar
I’m a basketball player, not a monk. — Marvin Barnes
Many people, including Buddhist monks, spend thousands of hours sitting in what they call meditation. In reality, what they're doing is thinking and ruminating upon… — Frederick Lenz
Happiness is something that comes from creating good karma. The monk who feels that what they are doing is unpleasant is not really creating any… — Frederick Lenz
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and… — Richard Harris Barham
I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist… — Anton Chekhov
Buddhist monks have known for centuries that meditation can change the mind. Now we are inspired by His Holiness to examine with our technology the… — Richard Davidson
At the museum a troubled woman destroys a sand painting meticulously created over days by Tibetan monks. The monks are not disturbed. The work is… — Susan Griffin
A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making. — Harsha Bhogle
You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a resistance to that,… — Frederick Lenz
Nothing makes me feel better - calmer, clearer and happier - than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of… — Pico Iyer
In the Far East, it is taken for granted that the training of a monk is physically rigorous and academically challenging. — Frederick Lenz
Your journey is to see how deeply you can interface your mind with infinity. That's the journey of a monk - to see. — Frederick Lenz
Women were the reason I became a monk - and, ah, the reason I switched back. — Chris Avellone
Conclusion: better to be a thinking monk than a postmodern thinker. — Muriel Barbery
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and… — Richard Armour
Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever… — Elizabeth Gilbert
You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks. — Cameron Diaz
Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly. — Desiderius Erasmus
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This… — Nhat Hanh
In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality,… — Nhat Hanh
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while. — Tom Hanks
Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot. — Hugh Jackman
My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk. — John Keats
When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly. — Steve Lacy

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