Americana Quote by Joni Mitchell

Originally, I was interested in athletic pursuits like snowboarding, martial arts and surfing. When I went to the Himalayas and met a number of…

— Frederick Lenz

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I…

— John Burdett

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

The voice that called us years ago still calls us today. Every monastic day is a new monastic beginning.

— Basil Hume

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

— Uma Thurman

I still have the same beliefs as when I was in the monastery.

— Justo Gallego

In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really.

— David Thewlis

I like the monastic life... in the prayer and the praising... this has charged me with new energy, spiritual energy. This is very important…

— Anonymous

“prepare your food in keeping with monastic traditions—simple, basic, healthy, balanced.”

— Mary DeTurris Poust

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

— John Keats

Tibetan Buddhism had an enormous impact on me.

— Richard Gere

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.

— Dalai Lama