Applause Quote by Janine Benyus

Of these three words, direction, control, and guidance, the last best conveys the idea of assisting through cooperation the natural capacities of the individuals…

— John Dewey

“As a teenager, his teachers recognized his academic prowess and brilliant intelligence. They suggested he move into monastic life in order to further his…

— Charles Benedict

“Silence will illuminate you in God... and deliver you from phantoms of ignorance. Silence will unite you to God… In the beginning we have…

— Isaac of Nenevah

Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature,…

— Albert Camus

By my monastic life and vows I am saying no to all the concentration camps, the aerial bombardments, the staged political trials, the judicial…

— Thomas Merton

“I am not poor, I am not rich; nihil est, nihil deest, I have little, I want nothing: all my treasure is in Minerva’s…

— Robert Burton

I think it would help if, when people are first ordained, they underwent a period of strict training, maybe for several years. During this…

— Tenzin Palmo

Working in film, I'm sure you have insight into this, there's something great that only comes by way of interactions with others that a…

— John Maus

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

— Tenzin Palmo

There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the monastic life…

— Tenzin Palmo

“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