Disciple Quote by Jonathan Stroud

Even if the hermits do not appear to benefit other beings with their presence or teachings, still they are enormously inspiring to many. Perhaps,…

— Tenzin Palmo

“I've been following the noble profession of hermiting here for nigh on fifty-seven years, practising piety, sobriety, celibacy and the pursuit of true wisdom…

— terry pratchett

“A portrait of the führer glowers over every classroom. Learning happens on backless benches, at wooden tables grooved by the boredom of countless boys…

— Anthony Doerr

The early masters also introduced walking meditation and hard work to the monastery, for too much sitting could reach the point of diminishing returns.

— James H. Austin

I like it that they [disciples] feed me and pay for my clothes and protect me. And in return I will do for them…

— Colm Toibin

“In his sermons, each a tapestry of ancient and humanist thought, he'd share with his congregation the fruits of that week's study. He was…

— Anonymous

I am able to say that I was very much liked at the school. I even had quite some ascendancy over my comrades, and…

— Marquis de Lafayette

“Miron said, “Strange that men who wrote with what seemed deep Christian faith should turn traitor so easily!” Perhaps the answer was that in…

— Richard Wurmbrand

I think they [ monastic folks ] were going to the desert to build a new society and in a sense to build a…

— Shane Claiborne

The grand obstacle to the salvation of the scribes and Pharisees was their pride, vanity and self-love. They lived on each other's praise. If…

— Adam Clarke

“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

Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the…

— George Canning