Monk Quotes - Page 14

• If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Humans, Temporary

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2006). “How to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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• All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!.

  Henry VIII of England

  Soul, Gone, Body

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• I have heard of a monk who in his cell had a glorious vision of Jesus revealed to him. Just then a bell rang, which called him away to distribute loaves of bread among the poor beggars at the gate. He was sorely tried as to whether he should lose a scene so inspiring. He went to his act of mercy; and when he came back the vision remained more glorious than ever.

  Theodore L. Cuyler

  Jesus, Cells, Vision

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 26, 1895.

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

  Gregory Maguire

  Ancestor, Knows, Ifs

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• He'd once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek in the cold to get there, the monks would offer to sell you a cup of coffee. You had a choice: There was a two-dollar cup - or a two-hundred- dollar cup. When pressed to explain the difference, the monks were reported to say, 'A hundred and ninety-eight dollars.'

  Steve Perry

  Coffee, Eight, Japan

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• There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.

  Dalai Lama

  Christian, Buddhist, Buddhism

  Source: www.worldreligionnews.com

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• One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he became a revolutionary. Under the influence of his new ideology, he actually killed his own teacher. Pol Pot's family background was Buddhist. Whether he himself was a Buddhist at a young age, I don't know. Even Chairman Mao's family background was Buddhist. So one day, if the Dalai Lama becomes a mass murderer, he will become the most deadly of mass murderers.

  Dalai Lama

  Teacher, Buddhist, Leader

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 1, 2006.

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• When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.

  Steve Lacy

  Horny, Tunes, Fit

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• Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.

  Cesare Pavese

  Artist, States, Bourgeois

  Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.171, Transaction Publishers

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• I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'

  David O. Russell

  Spiritual, Humble, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in the world, do good to society, without shutting yourself up in a monastery at other people's expense, and without expecting a reward up aloft for it--you'll find that a bit harder.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Father, People, Heaven

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.208, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had started to believe all kinds of things, more or less at random. It was even beginning to believe things they'd have difficulty believing in Salt Lake City.

  Douglas Adams

  Believe, Lakes, Cities

  Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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• The au pair was bug-eyed. "What happened back there?" "It's not our fault!" Dan babbled. "Those guys are crazy! They're like mini-Darth Vaders without the mask!" "They're Benedictine monks!" Nellie exclaimed. "They're men of peace! Most of them are under vows of silence!" "Yeah, well, not anymore," Dan told her. "They cursed us out pretty good. I don't know the language, but some things you don't have to translate.

  Gordon Korman

  Crazy, Men, Silence

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• For several centuries, the Celtic church of Ireland was spared the Greek dualism of matter and spirit. They regarded the world with the clear vision of faith. When a young Celtic monk saw his cat catch a salmon swimming in shallow water, he cried, "The power of the Lord is in the paw of the cat!

  Brennan Manning

  Cat, Swimming, Water

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.58, Multnomah

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• This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.' 'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

  Paulo Coelho

  Generosity, Giving, Alchemist

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• Why do you think the Bible has survived thousands of years of tumultuous history Why is it still here Is it because its stories are such compelling reading Of course not...but there is a reason. There is a reason Christian monks spend lifetimes attempting to decipher the Bible. There is a reason that Jewish mystics and Kabbalists pore over the Old Testament. And that reason Robert is that there exist powerful secrets hidden in the pages of this ancient book...a vast collection of untapped wisdom waiting to be unveiled.

  Dan Brown

  Christian, Powerful, Book

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• With a secret smile, not unlike that of a healthy child,he walked along, peacefully, quietly. He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the other monks, but his face and his step, his peaceful downward glance, his peaceful downward-hanging hand, and every finger of his hand spoke of peace, spoke of completeness, sought nothing, imitated nothing, reflected a continuous quiet, an unfading light, an invulnerable peace.

  Hermann Hesse

  Peace, Children, Light

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.25, Om Books International

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• The last living boy in America drops into my bedroom only he wants to be a monk. I think that pretty much sums up my life.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Boys, Thinking, America

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• I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.

  Greta Garbo

  Cake, Soap, Pot

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• When you're married, it's one person. That's one more than a monk. It's not that different.

  Russell Brand

  Different, Married, Persons

  "Uh-oh! Russell Brand 'makes a sex joke about Katy Perry'" by Leanne Bayley, www.cosmopolitan.com. August 6, 2013.

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• Many exhibits from this aquarium use Hawaii's abundant natural daylight. This allows Waikiki to display only live coral, which creates beautiful exhibits. It's also a world leader in the propagation of live coral. The aquarium features some unusual and rarely seen species, including the chambered nautilus and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.

  John Grant

  Beautiful, Aquariums, Leader

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• God belongs to all free beings. He is the life of all, the salvation of all ~faithful and unfaithful, just and unjust, pious and impious, passionate and dispassionate, monks and laymen, wise and simple, healthy and sick, young and old just as the effusion of light, the sight of the sun, and the changes of the seasons are for all alike; 'for there is no respect of persons with God.'

  John Climacus

  Wise, Christian, Simple

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• That I am a monk and you are a layman is of no importance ... rather that we are both in the light of the Holy Spirit ... Acquire peace, and thousands around you will be saved.

  Seraphim of Sarov

  Christian, Light, Spirit

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• In love longing I listen to the monk's bell. I will never forget you even for an interval short as those between the bell notes.

  Izumi Shikibu

  Bells, Never Forget, Longing

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• That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and going once a day to beg for food.

  Satish Kumar

  Morning, Childhood, Fatherhood

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