Ancestor Quote by Gregory Maguire Download Open image ““If you have an ancestor who is a Benedictine monk, we would rather not know it.”” — Gregory Maguire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ancestor Humor Ifs Knows Monk
“For two years I’ve been a monk but the only monastery I’ve lived in is my own mind.” — Bhiksus Heng Sure, Heng Ch’au Copy Share Image
“if monasteries accepted the irreligious and permitted abstention from prayer, I'd become a monk.” — Henri Troyat Copy Share Image
“St. Benedict and every Benedictine who has followed (one prays) understood that the monastery is not a place to hide from problems; it is… — Carrie Gress Copy Share Image
When we were starting our community a bunch of older Benedictine nuns said to us, "If you have any questions or want to pick… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“...maybe I am just your priest - or a churl - perhaps you mistrust me the way the medievals mistrusted monks...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Strange, don’t you think, that nuns and monks make the most sensual food and drink?” — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“He said there is a place in Gaul, the oldest church in their part of the world, where some of the Latin monks have… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“I you ask me about the monks, I speak from experience, not prejudice, and though I have no doubt that some foundations are well… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“THE MONASTERY IS A SCHOOL—A SCHOOL IN WHICH WE learn from God how to be happy.” — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“By so giving up, of course, it renews itself- that is the secret” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of anger: hot and cold. Boys and girls experience both, but as they grow up the anger separates according to… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Very few things in the world are certain, but morning is one of them.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“I care as much as I can, but I don’t spend energy caring about things I cannot resolve.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“How many times in a life, he thought, will I lie down in a darkness whose character I cannot imagine, to see what daybreak… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Old Flossie settle down on the other side of What-the-Dickens and dragged some handiwork out of a sack. She armed herself with two thorns… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
My first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly's in Albany, New York. I hated the work, most of my colleagues, and the uniform,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“At its most elemental, a spell is no more than a recipe for change.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Food binds us to our roots as strongly as any song or poem. Many of us have learned more about our ancestors in the… — Anna Thomas Copy Share Image
Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate… — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
Going where no man has gone before is more difficult than it sounds. Our cousins and ancestors were no less curious than we are,… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
I use the phrase 'sibling society' to suggest a culture fundamentally without fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, or ancestors. The thinking is horizontal. — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall never come… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, before the advent of capitalism, a man's social status was fixed from the beginning to the end of his life;… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
And I saw for the first time how, despite the isolation of our own lives, we are always connected to our ancestors; our bodies… — Alyson Richman Copy Share Image
There is an ancient Indian saying: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." If we use… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
My ancestors came over from Germany about the time of the Civil War and one of them lost a leg and went back to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
