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Cynicism leads to despair, while fixating on the efforts that seemed to work in the past makes an idol out of spiritual states. — Monks Of New Skete

Saying of the Prophet
Monkishness
No monkery in Islam. — Idries Shah

The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change. — John Monks

All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!. — Henry VIII Of England

Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food. — Satish Kumar

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly. — Desiderius Erasmus

What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them? — Voltaire

I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic. — Antony Gormley

[All] the manly virtues were oppressed by the servile and pusillanimous reign of the monks. — Edward Gibbon

I would go from one city to the next, inspired by the monks in the Middle Ages, who would carry knowledge from one monastery to the next monastery. — Hans Ulrich Obrist

Indeed. But I was not thinking of his immortal soul, Matilda. I was thinking that history is chronicled by monks. — Sharon Kay Penman

Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state. — Cesare Pavese

Soldiers fear the frontier post, monks fear the Surangama Dharani! — Thich Nhat Hanh

This is not a dress. This is a sacred robe of the ancient psychedelic monks. — Noel Fielding

Darkness is a kind of visual silence, and monks love it. — Matthew Kelty

But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic practice. — Dalai Lama

The remains of five thousand monks were used to build the Chapel of Bones. It serves as a reminder that life is short and death is eternal. — Rick Riordan

What did Dom Perignon say to fellow monks after he invented champagne? ... Come quickly, I am tasting the stars. — John Green

I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told. — George Payne Rainsford James

It was the study hour. Most of the monks were reading. A few were meditating, an activity that was suspiciously similar to dozing. — Ken Follett

If monks and nuns do not cherish their time of practice, they will have nothing to offer the world. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The very sort of smile that makes decent folk want to slap Buddhist monks in the face, — Fredrik Backman

somber-looking monks. They sipped a watery soup from wooden spoons. No one spoke. The abbot pointed to a lone table against the far — Eliza Knight

The first thing the communists do when they take over a country is to outlaw cockfighting — John Monks

Three things refuse to obey my will: the waters of the Kamo River, the fall of the backgammon dice, and the monks of the Enryakuji Temple. — Shirakawa

If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all
both old and young. — Francois Rabelais

No. It is impossible to maintain a smile in my brother's presence. Monks haven't the sort of patience required. — Libba Bray

Children, we must cultivate reverence towards all great masters, monks and gurus. — Mata Amritanandamayi

One of the monks was doing something incomprehensible at the altar, and the others would occasionally chant a few phrases of mumbo jumbo. — Ken Follett

Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in your heart and life. — Nhat Hanh

They're Hive Monks,' said Nova. — Philip Reeve

The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks. — Saint John Chrysostom

I concede nothing until they throw dirt on my face. — John Monks

All hoods make not monks. — William Shakespeare

You know, I preferred you as an evil monk. Would have made killing you a whole lot easier. — Chris D'Lacey

Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Wouldn't it be great if health-care plans included a list of Buddhist monks among the network providers? — Regina Brett

What! have you no monks who teach, who dispute, who govern, who cabal, and who burn people that are not of their opinion? — Voltaire

Don't ever buy Monks Fishing, Stanley. — James A. Michener

Then are they truly monks when they live by the labor of their hands. — Benedict Of Nursia

Well, there are the letter I deliver to the monks, and other things, too: tea and dishwashing soap, paraffin candles, tins of powered Ovaltine ... — Christine Brodien-Jones

Strange, don't you think, that nuns and monks make the most sensual food and drink? — Megan Chance

Movable type seemed magical to the monks who were illuminating manuscripts and copying texts. Certainly e-books seem magical to me. — Paul Theroux

Dogs make us believe we can actually be as they see us. — Monks Of New Skete

In a quiet Franciscan monastery kind and silent monks looked after me. After many weeks I was discharged. Unfit for further service. — Ernst Toller

The monks used to say that he was more drawn to those who were more sinful, and the greater the sinner the more he loved him. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Mullahs and monks, they must worship you instead of empty rooms. — M.F. Moonzajer

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation. — Alexander Herzen

Certainly," quoth Athelstane, "women are the least to be trusted of all animals, monks and abbots excepted. — Walter Scott

I grew with it, and I used to go to see the monks, who had no possessions, even more extreme than my mother. — Satish Kumar

He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am tasting stars. — John Green

Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. — Robert A. Heinlein

My house was a guest house of many Jaina saints, Hindu monks, Sufi mystics, because my grandfather was interested in all of these people. — Rajneesh

Some of the best love poems have been written by monks and nuns ... — John Geddes

He felt God the same way arthritic monks felt rain coming in their joints. He felt only a hint of him. — Sue Monk Kidd

Windmills were giants, and the monks' mules dromedaries, flocks of sheep armies of enemies, — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

The night! When the outside world is hiding in darkness, you have to turn on the light within in order to see where you put your steps. — Irina Serban

Of the monastic institutions on which it depended. Since celibate monks tended to — Stephen Batchelor

CHAPTER XXXVIII CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW — Charles Dickens

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life. — Santoka Taneda

Poets and monks ... We're both sort of peripheral to the world. — Kathleen Norris

You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks. — Cameron Diaz

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path. — Saint John Chrysostom

Like pebbles in a bag, the monks polish each other. — Unknown

There are three qualities that every individual must have to achieve success: a Monk's patience, a Warrior's courage, a Child's imagination. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Do not gossip about monks and speak ill of spiritual teachers — Radhe Maa

Learning the value of silence is learning to listen to, instead of screaming at, reality — Monks Of New Skete

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level. — Bobby Robson

Queers make the best monks. — Victor J. Banis

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people. — Dogen

All is lost. Monks, monks, monks! — Henry VIII Of England

[The monks'] minds were inaccessible to reason or mercy ... — Edward Gibbon

Maybe I am just your priest - or a churl - perhaps you mistrust me the way the medievals mistrusted monks ... — John Geddes

CHAPTER XLIX MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT — Charles Dickens

The least among the sadhus, saints and monks and other people of God is worthier than you. Never speak ill of them — Radhe Maa