At a monastery high in the mountains, the monks have a rigid vow of silence. Only at Christmas, and only by one monk, and only with one sentence, is the vow allowed to be broken.
One Christmas, Brother Ben is allowed to speak and he says, “I like the mashed potatoes we have with the Christmas turkey!” and he sits down. Silence ensues for 365 days.
The next Christmas, Brother David gets his turn, and he says, “I think the mashed potatoes are lumpy and I hate them!”
Once again, silence for 366 days (it’s leap year). The following Christmas, Brother Rod rises and says, “I am fed up with this constant bickering!”
She who is silent consents. - French Proverb
Silence is the virtue of fools. - Francis Bacon
Silence if the eternal duty of man. - Thomas Carlyle
Religion is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx
Writing is a struggle against silence. - Carlos Fuentes
Sound is our mind, silence is our being. - Osho
Silence is a true friend who never betrays. - Confucius
I like my men like I like my coffee. Silent. - Anna Kendrick
All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence. - Sylvia Plath
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. - George Bernard Shaw
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - Martin Fraquhar Tupper
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. - Muhammad Ali
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. - G K Chesterton
Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self. - Anthony de Mello
If silence be good for the wise, how much the better for fools. - Talmud
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. - Abraham Lincoln
Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence. - Samuel Butler
Silence is golden unless you have kids. Then silence is just suspicious. - Unknown
Mail your packages early, so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas. - Johnny Carson
My favourite characters in the Bible are King David, Delilah and Charlton Heston. - Milton Berle
I'm a Catholic deer hunter. I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. - Paul Ryan
There is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question. - Thomas Merton
If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rim shots during the vows. - Sam Kinison
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. - Arthur Conan Doyle
I definitely want my son Brooklyn christened, but I don't know into what religion yet. - David Beckham
If 'ifs and buts' were 'candy and nuts', we'd have Christmas every day. - Unknown
Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Religion is like a map. The route isn't important. It's the destination that matters. - Marianne Williamson
If religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth. - Ravi Zacharias
While those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. - C S Lewis
I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious. - Meghan O'Rourke
He made us all one true religion, Edith, which he named after his son, Christian - or Christ, for short. - Archie Bunker
Going to Church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. - Billy Sunday
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. - Havelock Ellis
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. - Paul Simon
Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly. - Sri Chinmoy
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. - C S Lewis
Silence is interesting. It can show confusion, indifference and sadness. But it can also show determination, confidence and caring. - Maxime Lagace
Within each of us, there is silence. A silence as vast as the universe. And when we experience that silence, we remember who we are. - Gunilla Norris
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. - Robert F. Kennedy
Silence is the virtue of fools. - Francis Bacon
Silence if the eternal duty of man. - Thomas Carlyle
Religion is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx
Writing is a struggle against silence. - Carlos Fuentes
Sound is our mind, silence is our being. - Osho
Silence is a true friend who never betrays. - Confucius
I like my men like I like my coffee. Silent. - Anna Kendrick
All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence. - Sylvia Plath
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. - George Bernard Shaw
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - Martin Fraquhar Tupper
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. - Muhammad Ali
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. - G K Chesterton
Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self. - Anthony de Mello
If silence be good for the wise, how much the better for fools. - Talmud
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. - Abraham Lincoln
Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence. - Samuel Butler
Silence is golden unless you have kids. Then silence is just suspicious. - Unknown
Mail your packages early, so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas. - Johnny Carson
My favourite characters in the Bible are King David, Delilah and Charlton Heston. - Milton Berle
I'm a Catholic deer hunter. I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. - Paul Ryan
There is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question. - Thomas Merton
If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rim shots during the vows. - Sam Kinison
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. - Arthur Conan Doyle
I definitely want my son Brooklyn christened, but I don't know into what religion yet. - David Beckham
If 'ifs and buts' were 'candy and nuts', we'd have Christmas every day. - Unknown
Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Religion is like a map. The route isn't important. It's the destination that matters. - Marianne Williamson
If religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth. - Ravi Zacharias
While those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. - C S Lewis
I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious. - Meghan O'Rourke
He made us all one true religion, Edith, which he named after his son, Christian - or Christ, for short. - Archie Bunker
Going to Church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. - Billy Sunday
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. - Havelock Ellis
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. - Paul Simon
Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly. - Sri Chinmoy
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. - C S Lewis
Silence is interesting. It can show confusion, indifference and sadness. But it can also show determination, confidence and caring. - Maxime Lagace
Within each of us, there is silence. A silence as vast as the universe. And when we experience that silence, we remember who we are. - Gunilla Norris
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. - Robert F. Kennedy
see also Christmas & Religious Sections
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Gambling Chips
Greek Monk
Monk On A Rope
Monk’s Fish And Chip Stand
Monk’s Story
Silent Monks Singing Hallelujah
Tiny Monks
Voices In My Head
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