Brain Quote by Shane Claiborne

“If you have an ancestor who is a Benedictine monk, we would rather not know it.”

— Gregory Maguire

“Benedictine spirituality, after all, is life lived to the hilt. It is a life of concentration on life's ordinary dimensions. It is an attempt…

— Joan Chittister

There are a lot of people who had past lives where they were monks and nuns and all their needs were provided for them.…

— Doreen Virtue

“For two years I’ve been a monk but the only monastery I’ve lived in is my own mind.”

— Bhiksus Heng Sure, Heng Ch’au

“One of the great surprises of the Church is the space to ask questions. Sure, there are some places and communities where that isn’t…

— Sarah Bessey

“My friend’s experience reminded me that the search for a perfect religious community is a futile one. As the Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote…

— James Martin

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

“One of the great dangers faced by monastic practitioners is that, after a few months or a few years or a few decades, we…

— Michael Casey

I did 12 years with nuns, you know. So I came out of it going, like, 'I think Jesus is all right.' The rest…

— Denis Leary

I have a great affiliation with the Catholic community having studied at convent schools.

— Zeenat Aman

“St. Benedict and every Benedictine who has followed (one prays) understood that the monastery is not a place to hide from problems; it is…

— Carrie Gress

“Put your trust in God, and pray for guidance. And when in doubt, eat.” A Franciscan monk had once given me that advice, and…

— Diana Gabaldon