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Monk Quotes

I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man Picture Quote #1

The solitary monk who shook the world From pagan slumber, when the gospel trump Thunder’ d its challenge from his dauntless lips In peals of truth Picture Quote #1

My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso Picture Quote #1

This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship. When a monk has a good friend, a good companion, a good comrade, it is to be expected that he will develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Just the service aspect of running a nonprofit is so gratifying because it takes the attention off yourself. I’m not an acting monk or anything. I’m not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. But it’s really designed to focus on yourself, or it can be. So it’s good to have something else to focus on that reminds you that it’s not always about you Picture Quote #1

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I just want to live as a simple Buddhist monk, but during the last thirty years I have made many friends around the world and I want to have close contact with these people. I want to contribute to harmony and peace of mind, for less conflict. Wherever the possibililty is, I’m ready. This is my life’s goal Picture Quote #1

A monk was told that his father had died. He said to the messenger, Do not blaspheme. My Father cannot die Picture Quote #1

When you’re married, it’s one person. That’s one more than a monk. It’s not that different Picture Quote #1

I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk. ... My dear brothers, WE ARE ALREADY ONE. BUT WE IMAGINE THAT WE ARE NOT. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are Picture Quote #1

At the age of eighty, the Dalai Lama has begun to discuss a range of prospects for the future disposition of his soul. Traditionally, after he dies, a search party of senior monks would set out to locate his new incarnation, who is most often a boy toddler, who goes on to be trained as a monk and a leader Picture Quote #1

I had the experience of a monk copying documents, applying myself assiduously to my work. And I thought whatever happened, happened - this is just what I do in my life Picture Quote #1

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I spent my childhood clad in 1970s hand-me-downs, primarily from male cousins, which mainly consisted of a selection of beige, brown and orange dungarees. That, combined with a perfectly round pudding-bowl haircut, made me look, on a good day, like a cross between Ann Widdecombe, one of the Flower Pot Men, and a monk Picture Quote #1

For me, a male image that I’m really moved by is somewhere between of Oscar Wilde type of a male: the fop, the long hair, the suits, too witty for his own good, incredibly smart, scathingly funny - all that. But then my other ideal is more like the Buddhist monk - the shaved head, actually someone who sublimates their sexuality Picture Quote #1

If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than a man of affairs engaged in a kind of landscape gardening Picture Quote #1

As a monk you have a responsibility to meditate many hours a day. Not just to sit there but to think of the ten thousand radiances Picture Quote #1

Put the mind in alignment with the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment and experience them in various gradations forever. That’s the total purpose of a monk Picture Quote #1

Numquam enim audiendi quod aliquis monachus super puerum incubuisset, quin statim post ipsum surrexisset puer. I have heard before of a monk throwing himself on a boy, but the boyalways rose again afterwards Picture Quote #1

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You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a resistance to that, and the resistance is strong, it just means you’re not interested. Why put yourself through some sort of torture. It means you weren’t that interested Picture Quote #1

I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist and nothing more Picture Quote #1

Happiness is something that comes from creating good karma. The monk who feels that what they are doing is unpleasant is not really creating any good karma and will not have a better lifetime Picture Quote #1

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey Picture Quote #1

A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man Picture Quote #1

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions Picture Quote #1

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I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream Picture Quote #1

I would become a priest or a rabbi or a monk or whatever the hell was necessary to perform miracles such as taking money from someone else’s pocket and putting it into mine, still remaining within the confines of the law Picture Quote #1

The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying Picture Quote #1

So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence Picture Quote #1

Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then Picture Quote #1

My mother said to me, if you are a soldier, you will became a general. If you are a monk will become the Pope. Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso Picture Quote #1

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I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man. (Monk Quotes) The solitary monk who shook the world From pagan slumber, when the gospel trump Thunder’ d its challenge from his dauntless lips In peals of truth. (Monk Quotes) My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. (Monk Quotes) This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship. When a monk has a good friend, a good companion, a good comrade, it is to be expected that he will develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path. (Monk Quotes) 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. (Monk Quotes) Just the service aspect of running a nonprofit is so gratifying because it takes the attention off yourself. I’m not an acting monk or anything. I’m not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. But it’s really designed to focus on yourself, or it can be. So it’s good to have something else to focus on that reminds you that it’s not always about you. (Monk Quotes) I just want to live as a simple Buddhist monk, but during the last thirty years I have made many friends around the world and I want to have close contact with these people. I want to contribute to harmony and peace of mind, for less conflict. Wherever the possibililty is, I’m ready. This is my life’s goal. (Monk Quotes) A monk was told that his father had died. He said to the messenger, Do not blaspheme. My Father cannot die. (Monk Quotes) When you’re married, it’s one person. That’s one more than a monk. It’s not that different. (Monk Quotes) I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk. ... My dear brothers, WE ARE ALREADY ONE. BUT WE IMAGINE THAT WE ARE NOT. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are (Monk Quotes) At the age of eighty, the Dalai Lama has begun to discuss a range of prospects for the future disposition of his soul. Traditionally, after he dies, a search party of senior monks would set out to locate his new incarnation, who is most often a boy toddler, who goes on to be trained as a monk and a leader. (Monk Quotes) I had the experience of a monk copying documents, applying myself assiduously to my work. And I thought whatever happened, happened - this is just what I do in my life. (Monk Quotes) I spent my childhood clad in 1970s hand-me-downs, primarily from male cousins, which mainly consisted of a selection of beige, brown and orange dungarees. That, combined with a perfectly round pudding-bowl haircut, made me look, on a good day, like a cross between Ann Widdecombe, one of the Flower Pot Men, and a monk. (Monk Quotes) For me, a male image that I’m really moved by is somewhere between of Oscar Wilde type of a male: the fop, the long hair, the suits, too witty for his own good, incredibly smart, scathingly funny - all that. But then my other ideal is more like the Buddhist monk - the shaved head, actually someone who sublimates their sexuality. (Monk Quotes) If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than a man of affairs engaged in a kind of landscape gardening (Monk Quotes) As a monk you have a responsibility to meditate many hours a day. Not just to sit there but to think of the ten thousand radiances (Monk Quotes) Put the mind in alignment with the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment and experience them in various gradations forever. That’s the total purpose of a monk (Monk Quotes) Numquam enim audiendi quod aliquis monachus super puerum incubuisset, quin statim post ipsum surrexisset puer. I have heard before of a monk throwing himself on a boy, but the boyalways rose again afterwards (Monk Quotes) You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a resistance to that, and the resistance is strong, it just means you’re not interested. Why put yourself through some sort of torture. It means you weren’t that interested (Monk Quotes) I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist and nothing more (Monk Quotes) Happiness is something that comes from creating good karma. The monk who feels that what they are doing is unpleasant is not really creating any good karma and will not have a better lifetime (Monk Quotes) During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey (Monk Quotes) A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man (Monk Quotes) There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions (Monk Quotes) I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream (Monk Quotes) I would become a priest or a rabbi or a monk or whatever the hell was necessary to perform miracles such as taking money from someone else’s pocket and putting it into mine, still remaining within the confines of the law (Monk Quotes) The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying (Monk Quotes) So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence (Monk Quotes) Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then (Monk Quotes) My mother said to me, if you are a soldier, you will became a general. If you are a monk will become the Pope. Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso (Monk Quotes)

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