“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”
Anais Nin
“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
“A monk asked Master Haryo, 'What is the way?' Haryo said, 'An open-eyed man falling into the well”
Zen Koan
“Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.”
Desiderius Erasmus
“The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be - But when he got well, a wolf once more was he”
Walter Bower
“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
“The cowl does not make the monk”
Proverb
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