Quotes by Monk A habit does not a monk make. Francois Rabelais monkhabitdoe Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight. Geoffrey Chaucer spursmonkknights I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told. George Payne Rainsford James envymonkbook At Length the Fox turnes Monk. George Herbert lengthmonkfoxes There is, monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned. If, monks, there were no unborn... no escape would be discerned from what is born, become, made, conditioned. But because there is an unborn..., therefore an escape is discerned from what is born, become, made, conditioned. Gautama Buddha bornmonkwould-be There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded. Gautama Buddha buddhistmonkwould-be I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind when undeveloped and uncultivated entails great suffering. Gautama Buddha monksufferingmind I love Thelonious Monk's song "Just a Gigolo." It's probably a minor song for him, but whenever I hear a recording of him playing it, I'm mesmerized, because Monk clearly loved pop music. He took it very seriously and made an amazing thing out of it. Glenn Ligon pop-musicmonksong Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness. Gautama Buddha monkawarenessthinking I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream. Greta Garbo soapcakemonk If you have an ancestor who is a Benedictine monk, we would rather not know it. Gregory Maguire ancestormonkknows A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making. Harsha Bhogle desperatemonkdecision All is lost. Monks, monks, monks! Henry VIII of England monkdyinglosing A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty. Herman Melville monkmilitaryself Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot. Hugh Jackman broadwaymonksleep For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality. James McAvoy selflessmonkhumanity A voluminous, prosaick, and drivelling Monk. John Lydgate monk He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am tasting stars. John Green domsmonkstars I've withdrawn many times. Part of me is a monk, and part a performing flea! The fear in the music business is that you don't exist if you're not at Xenon with Andy Warhol. John Lennon xenonfleasmonk 'Do you know,' he asked in a delicious accent, 'what Dom Pérignon said after inventing champagne?' 'No?' I said. 'He called out to his fellow monks, 'Come quickly: I am tasting the stars!' John Green monkwinestars«1234»
