Earth Quote by Frederick Franck

I have indeed - praise be to God - attained my desire in this world, which was to travel through the earth, and i…

— Ibn Battuta

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.

— Albert Einstein

Nirvikalpa Samadhi means that you've gone off the board; you've gone off the map. There is no way to describe it. You have attained…

— Frederick Lenz

“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the…

— Albert Einstein

Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive…

— Dalai Lama

Where we've been wise is that, while 'Monk' may have been a risk at the beginning, we've built its success and built on its…

— Bonnie Hammer

I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam…

— Kabir Bedi

“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

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