Beneath the surface Quote by Mary Ruefle

“At night a hooded monk passed by where there were no lamps. I could not see his face. I only heard these words he…

— St Teresa of Avila

“He had gone again and, emboldened by his first successful trip, had chosen a different sort of world to enter, that of THE MONK.…

— Alan Ryan

“Monks and writers lead very similar lives. We spend our best time in retreat from the world, anxious to make something of our rich…

— Rougeau a Benedictine Monk

“The monks' response was to climb into their curraghs and row off toward Greenland. They were drawn across the storm-racked ocean, drawn west past…

— Jon Krakauer

“The detail over which these monks went mad with joy was the universe itself; the only thing really worthy of enjoyment. The white daylight…

— G.K. Chesterton

“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

“A world of words where the black characters printed on the parchment he held meant more to this monk than the people or places…

— Marina Fiorato

“What of ourselves? In actuality the monk’s journey is everyone’s journey, though in our frenetic world of activity and distraction we often miss the…

— Monks of New Skete

“The ambiance of solitude, the absence of any disturbing noise and of worldly desires and images, the quiet and calm attention of the mind…

— Carthusian Monks

“Now you stride alone through the Paris crowds Busses in bellowing herds roll by Anguish clutches your throat As if you would never again…

— Anonymous

“I am a lone monk walking the world with a leaky umbrella.”

— mao tse-tung

“This is for you,” he said, holding one of the parts out to the monk. “It’s for your generosity to the pilgrims.” “But this…

— Paulo Coelho