Ability Quote by Stanley Hauerwas

“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

“Monasticism resonated with me, with my imperfect, impulsive self, because it encompasses all human activity and asks that the disparate parts and moments of…

— Paul Wilkes

“The greatest achievement of a human being is, to convince another human being to fear and believe in something he can neither hear or…

— Frederik Claret

“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

“The monks kept a sharp eye on him, determined to keep him free of sin—and of joy, which, if not explicitly a sin, at…

— Laini Taylor

“It is sadly true that most institutions and nations admire and reward sins of the "spirit," and various forms of arrogance and greed often…

— Richard Rohr

Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation…

— Umberto Eco

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in…

— Quentin Crisp

The goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin.

— Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

How vast the benefits divine which we in Christ possess! We are redeemed from guilt and shame and called to holiness. But not for…

— Augustus Toplady

“Greed, one of the badliest capital sins, is not good, is not good for knolege, love, money. Greed "the capital sin" is necessary”

— S.M Camacho