Monks Quotes

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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
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
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
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
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
All is lost. Monks, monks, monks! — Henry VIII of England
'Do you know,' he asked in a delicious accent, 'what Dom Pérignon said after inventing champagne?' 'No?' I said. 'He called out to his fellow… — John Green
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk.… — Thomas Merton
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

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