Quotes About Monk

Early in his visit he asked a senior monk, who had been living in a similar cabin for over fifteen years, if he ever got tired of walking the trail connecting the residences to the main building. "I'm only just starting to learn it," the monk replied mindfully.

Part of jazz is the illusion of spontaneity and Monk played the piano as though he'd never seen one before.

Your body is a hyacinth, Into which a monk dips his waxy fingers. Our silence is a black cavern, From which a soft animal steps at times And slowly lowers heavy eyelids. On your temples black dew drips, The last gold of expired stars

The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be - But when he got well, a wolf once more was he.

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

He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split.

I'll put it to you simply: love is the enemy. That's my conclusion. We should all live in our little monk cells and never venture out ...

The next time someone pesters you with unneeded advice, gently remind him of the fate of the monk whom Ivan the Terrible put to death for delivering uninvited (and moralizing) advice. It works as a short-term cure.

gently remind him of the fate of the monk whom Ivan the Terrible put to death for delivering uninvited (and moralizing) advice.

A habit does not a monk make.

When I became a monk, it didn't feel like I was giving up that much. I actually felt like I had made the best decision, because anyone who hadn't focused on building themselves up was the one losing out.

At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk.

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

It sounds to me, dear, as if your satirist is a bit like a monk. They both take a rather dim view of the world, and both try to do something about it. Thank you, Father Joe! I think I knew that once, but I'd forgotten. Contemptus mundi . We both have contempt for the world. You p-p-persist in your error, my son. Contemptus does not mean 'contempt.' It means 'detachment.' Are you detached from the things you satirize?

mad monk, minus the spiritual insight.

who had become the monk, or the one who had earned the title of The Bloodlust Warrior of Hastings. The man she had vowed

Name it after that blind monk—what was his name?" "Dom Pérignon, who said drinking champagne is like tasting the stars.

Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.

His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?

I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete.

Charlie Asher: I accidently shagged a monk last night. Minty Fresh: Sometimes, in times of crisis, that shit cannot be avoided.

I accidentally shagged a monk last night." "Sometimes, in times of crisis, that shit cannot be avoided.

A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is for secular ecclesiastics, the seduction of knowledge is for monks.