Monastic Vows

Famous quotes containing the words monastic and/or vows:

    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)

    I pray you do not fall in love with me,
    For I am falser than vows made in wine.
    Besides, I like you not.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)