“ It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written. Karl Marx
“ Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar tradition at a nunnery in the Philippines. It's the sort of quest I can't resist. Tahir Shah
“ You know, I preferred you as an evil monk. Would have made killing you a whole lot easier. Chris d'Lacey
“ The monkish vows keep us far from that sink of vice that is the female body, but often they bring us close to other errors. Can I finally hide from myself the fact that even today my old age is still… Umberto Eco
“ O cowardly amd tyrannous race of monks, persecutors of the bard, and the gleemen, haters of life and joy! O race that does not draw the sword and tell the truth! O race that melts the bones of the peo… W.B. Yeats
“ The Offices rerooted me in a tradition where, monk or not, I would always be at home. From long ago I knew the power of their repetition, the incantatory force of the Psalms. But they had an added pow… Tony Hendra
“ You have two things of value: your monastery and your people. Translate the book for me, and I'll let you keep one. Which will it be? Faith Erin Hicks
“ The night! When the outside world is hiding in darkness, you have to turn on the light within in order to see where you put your steps. Irina Serban
