Married Monk

Famous quotes containing the words married and/or monk:

“There was an old party of Lyme
Who married three wives at one time.”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)

“The monk in hiding himself from the world becomes not less than himself, not less of a person, but more of a person, more truly and perfectly himself: for his personality and individuality are perfected in their true order, the spiritual, interior order, of union with God, the principle of all perfection.”
—Thomas Merton (1915–1968)