The Quiet Life

Perhaps you will ask, what value is there in that quiet and aloof way of life? The monks would ask the same question of you. What value is there in passing your nights in a nightclub? 

- Sokei-An Shigetsu Sasaki, "The Quiet Life"
Tricycle Daily Dharma April 7, 2012

Peaceful in body, peaceful in speech,
The bhikkhu peaceful and well-concentrated
Who has rejected the world's bait
Is called "one at peace."
-The Buddha, Dhammapada 378