“The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be - But when he got well, a wolf once more was he”
Walter Bower
“When Thorpe pulled out and he (Monk) went into those two (races), he was thrust into the limelight and I think he has handled that very well.”
Alan Thompson
“The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he”
Francois Rabelais
“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.”
Buddha
“Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.”
Desiderius Erasmus
“A monk asked Master Haryo, 'What is the way?' Haryo said, 'An open-eyed man falling into the well”
Zen Koan
“The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select.”
Terry Pratchett
