Every man Quote by Evagrius Ponticus

“No one can find God without having first been found by Him. A monk is a man who seeks God because he has been…

— Thomas Merton

“But being a monk is just one more impossible thing, like traveling to the past or having Finn here forever, because to be a…

— Carol Rifka Brunt

Men constantly miscalculate what they can do in a day, and grossly underestimate what can be achieved in a year.

— Chris Murray

What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to…

— Anonymous

Black men constantly receive the message that they can't make it in life through using legitimate means, and the only way they gain society's…

— Jemele Hill

In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly…

— Jeremy Collier

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he…

— Washington Irving

If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better…

— Evagrius Ponticus

“I have my own way to walk and for some reason or other Zen is right in the middle of it wherever I go.…

— Thomas Merton

Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you…

— Gautama Buddha

Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.

— Francois Rabelais

A solitary American monk named Thomas Berry writes that in our relationship to nature, we have been autistic for centuries. Wrapped tightly in our…

— Janine Benyus