Monks Quotes

83 Monks quotes by 67 unique authors

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
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
Celibacy is one of the most unnatural things. It has destroyed so many human beings - millions - Catholic monks, Hindu monks, Buddhist monks, Jaina… — Rajneesh
God belongs to all free beings. He is the life of all, the salvation of all ~faithful and unfaithful, just and unjust, pious and impious,… — John Climacus
That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and… — Satish Kumar
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to… — Vincent de Paul
During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated to settle disputes… — Nhat Hanh
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that his monks strain… — Philip Kapleau
The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the… — Saint John Chrysostom
It was called the Middle Ages, the Dark Ages. If not for the monks, everything the world had ever learned would have been lost. Well,… — Dave Eggers
I hope that Beyond the Robe helps you to feel closer to the monks and nuns and to better understand their immense potential to provide… — Bobby Sager
Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
In a quiet Franciscan monastery kind and silent monks looked after me. After many weeks I was discharged. Unfit for further service. — Ernst Toller
If the world is crazy, maybe it needs a few sane people in the middle of it. Why do monks lock themselves up in monasteries?… — Tim Ward
A few days ago Tan Casipo said to me, 'Some people come here with so much dust in their eyes it's unbearable to talk to… — Tim Ward
Most of the methods for measuring the lapse of time have, I believe, been the contrivance of monks and religious recluses, who, finding time hang… — William Hazlitt
Hakomi is a path taken by those who work to go beyond the half remembered hurts and failed beliefs that linger unexamined in the mind… — Ron Kurtz
Monks, nuns, long-term spinsters and bachelors and permanent homosexuals are all, in a reproductive sense, aberrant. Society has bred them, but they have failed to… — Desmond Morris
I like prostitution. My heart has never failed to pound at the sight of one of those provocatively dressed women walking in the rain under… — Gustave Flaubert
Children, we must cultivate reverence towards all great masters, monks and gurus. — Mata Amritanandamayi
I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St.… — Denis McDonough
Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness and self-possession, to… — Gautama Buddha
Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food. — Satish Kumar

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