Quotes Tagged With :monasticism

...for you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force."....

The Lord does not require us to wear a [cassock] — He wants us to be good and kind.

To leave town, and the struggle and the swim of life, and go and hide yourself in a farmhouse is not....

You were contemplating the mountain, Mr. Conway?" Came the inquiry."Yes, it's a fine sight. It has a....

The renewal of the Church will come from a new type of monasticism which only has in common with the....

My nation, as all nations, is becoming a land without peace, without thought, without mind, Madam Abbess.....

You are not here to verify,instruct yourself, or inform curiosityor carry report. You are here to kneelwhere....

The human heartIs unknowable.But in my birthplaceThe flowers still smellThe same as always.

Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting....

Darkness is a kind of visual silence, and monks love it.