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Monk Quotes
On meditation, discipline, and the pull toward stillness.
These monk quotes explore years of meditation and study, including time spent learning from a Zen teacher, reflecting a deep Spirituality practice.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
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I'm a lapsed Zen Buddhist. I've read hundreds of books on Zen, I meditated daily for about fifteen years, and once spent a month studying with Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh.
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I try to do other characters that are different from Monk, obviously, because I'd like to be remembered for more than just that.
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I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.
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You can't live like a monk if you have two five-year-old twins. That ain't happening. Just the opposite, actually.
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In my 20s, I was a monk. I was obsessed with theatre, not being famous, not with television. I was 20 years on the stage before I set foot in front of a camera.
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So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence.
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Rock & roll fan that I am, Thelonious Monk is probably my favorite musical artist.
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I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers.
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He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split.
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Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.
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I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
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