Monkey Quotes

“A team of horses cannot overtake a word that has left the mouth.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey

“The earth is black in front of the cliff, and no orchids grow.
Creepers crawl in the brown mud by the path.
Where did the birds of yesterday fly?
To what other mountain did the animals go?
Leopards and pythons dislike this ruined spot;
Cranes and snakes avoid the desolation.
My criminal thoughts of those days past
Brought on the disaster of today.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“The boatman then gently guided the raft across. They saw a dead body floating. At the sight of this, the Master was greatly frightened. But Sun smiled and said, "Master do not be alarmed! That corpse is none other than your own." Zhu Bajie said, "It is you, it is you!" Sha the Monk clapped his hands, and also said, "It is you, it is you!" The boatman also remarked "It was yours, I congratulate you." The three pilgrims congratulated him, and they quietly crossed over the Could Ferry in safety. The Master's shape was changed, and he jumped ashore on the other side with a very light body.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“After Supper the Master dismissed all except Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha the Monk. He took them out with him and said, "Look at that wonderful moolight. It makes me long for the time when I can return home.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“What you must do," said Monkey, "is lure the monster from its hiding place, but be certain it is a fight you can survive.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“Hero is he alone who vies with powers supreme!”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“Wife indeed!" laughed Monkey. "You haven't got a wife now. There are some sorts of Taoists that are family men; but who ever heard of a Buddhist priest calmly talking about his 'wife'?”
― Cheng-en Wu, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“There is no water like the water out of your own well.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“Never pour the Elixir of Life as if it were an ordinary liquid. He who entrusts the secret of the dark forces to unworthy ears is making his jaws do unnecessary work and talks his tongue dry to no purpose.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“Wherever you go," said the Patriarch, "I'm convinced you'll come to no good. So remember, when you get into trouble, I absolutely forbid you to say that you are my disciple.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“But “a single strand does not make a thread nor can one hand clap.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: Folk Novel of China

“禅，”
― 吴承恩, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“足之蹈之。忽”
― 吳承恩, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“A bird in the hand is worth three in the Bush.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

“All Men Are Brothers)”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: Folk Novel of China

“Nothing in the world is difficult," said the Patriarch, "it is only our own thoughts that make things seem so.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey