Inspirational Quote by Max Roach

He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my…

— Mimi Rogers

“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

So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence.

— Satish Kumar

I wanted to be a monk at some time in my life, or a priest, so there was a kind of reflex quite early…

— Stephen Hough

Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one…

— John Conyers

One very important thing I learned from Monk was his complete dedication to music. That was his reason for being alive. Nothing else mattered…

— Sonny Rollins

“Monk had a brief vision of what it must be like to be a women on her own, obliged to work at pleasing people…

— Anne Perry

I did take comfort in the vespers and compline. I might have become a monk if I hadn't come out.

— John Cameron Mitchell

“I slowly came to recognize individual monks within the crowds of interchangeable orange robes and shaved heads. There were flirtatious and daring monks who…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Women were the reason I became a monk - and, ah, the reason I switched back.

— Chris Avellone

I wasn't expecting [the Monk competition] would necessarily do that. So I just did what I did and some good things continued to happen…

— Jon Gordon

I would not be happy if I had not become a monk.

— Nhat Hanh