Monastic Life

Famous quotes containing the words monastic and/or life:

    I like a church; I like a cowl;
    I love a prophet of the soul;
    And on my heart monastic aisles
    Fall like sweet strains, or pensive smiles;
    Yet not for all his faith can see
    Would I that cowled churchman be.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)