(28 quotes found)
“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
“The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be - But when he got well, a wolf once more was he”
Walter Bower
“Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.”
Desiderius Erasmus
“I felt like poisoning a monk.”
Umberto Eco
“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
“The monks won't accept money, so I'll have to make the donation in the form of food or goods,”
William Meehan
“The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he”
Francois Rabelais
“Through the MBA program, we hope to make the monks aware that a profit-driven method in management will not always work.”
Wang Fanghua
