Religion Quote by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“Monasticism resonated with me, with my imperfect, impulsive self, because it encompasses all human activity and asks that the disparate parts and moments of…

— Paul Wilkes

There is one big misunderstanding of the monastics leaving society.

— Shane Claiborne

“From the point of view of history, of reason, and of truth, monasticism is condemned. Monasteries, when they abound in a nation, are clogs…

— Victor Hugo

The monastic folks have the spirit of being in the world but not of the world, sort of peculiar people who have gone to…

— Shane Claiborne

“Monasticism had transformed the humble work of discipleship into the meritorious activity of the saints, and the self-renunciation of discipleship into the flagrant spiritual…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“the pool of individuals to whom the monastic philosophy applies is limited—and that’s okay. If you’re outside this pool, its radical simplicity shouldn’t evince…

— Cal Newport

“the monastery is not a place to hide from problems; it is a place to face them, whether they are personal sin, human brokenness,…

— Carrie Gress

“To leave town, and the struggle and the swim of life, and go and hide yourself in a farmhouse is not life -- it…

— Anton Chekhov

Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.

— Tenzin Palmo

“Monastic contemplatives have staked out a clearly limited area to be transformed by contemplation: the monastery. Lay contemplatives face the challenge of transforming the…

— David Steindl-Rast

“We often conceive of worldly life as merely a kind of default existence that anyone who is not specially called to monasticism or ordination…

— Daniel G. Opperwall

“One of the great dangers faced by monastic practitioners is that, after a few months or a few years or a few decades, we…

— Michael Casey