Credulity Quote by Edward Gibbon

[The monks'] minds were inaccessible to reason or mercy . . .

— Edward Gibbon

The monastic studies have tended, for the most part, to darken, rather than to dispel, the cloud of superstition.

— Edward Gibbon

I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind…

— Gautama Buddha

“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

“Being a monk was the strangest and most perverted way of life imaginable. Monks spent half their lives putting themselves through pain and discomfort…

— Ken Follett

“We, on the contrary–basing ourselves on a tradition much more ancient and real than the one which can be claimed by the 'faith' of…

— Julius Evola

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,…

— Gautama Buddha

Monks transgress the Laws of the Buddha, stir up the common people, store wealth and weapons, and spread rumors; under the guise of religion,…

— Eiji Yoshikawa

Put the mind in alignment with the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment and experience them in various gradations forever. That's the total purpose of…

— Frederick Lenz

“In Gautama Buddha’s day you could put superstitions and omens down to a lack of education, but I am not sure what the reasoning…

— karma yeshe rabgye

For many, the regressive belief in superstitions and miracles is an escape from the hardships of life. Once trapped into irrationalism, they become more…

— Sanal Edamaruku

“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