“The only kinds of sexual dysfunction are abstinence, celibacy, and delayed marriage.” — Alfred C. Kinsey Copy Share Image
“One, who feels like dying only while asking for sex, can conquer this world.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
When I was nine, I wrote a vow of celibacy on a piece of paper and ate it. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command. — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
I've tried everything but celibacy, and I really want to know what it feels like to be touched by someone with a… — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick Copy Share Image
“Relation with another man or a woman, other than one’s own husband or a wife, is a direct cause for a life… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There are times, Kruppe murmurs, when celibacy born of sad deprivation becomes a boon, nay, a source of great relief.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Not just the celibacy thing but because he has God’s ear, a line on the mysteries. That’s impressive to girls.” — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
To gain victory over the flesh was the purpose of fasting and celibacy, which denied the pleasures of this world for the… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Celibacy and suicide are a similar levels of understanding, suicide and a martyr's death not so by any means, perhaps marriage and… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
No longer will our penises remain flaccid and unused! From now on, we fight will for every man out there who isn't… — Kevin Myers Copy Share Image
“Vishay (sensual pleasure) is just vishay alone. However when indulging in sensual pleasure, if one has ignorance of the Self, then kashay… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It would not have suprised Emilio Sandoz that his sex life was discussed with such candor and affectionate concern by his friends.… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Professor Khupe rubbed his hand along the sand dunes of her windswept form. The static charge made her skin feel like the… — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
“There is sheel (the highest state of conduct in worldly interaction) when not a single living being is ever hurt even to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“There are three kinds of ‘alcohols’ [intoxications]. 1. (Intoxication due to) sexual desires. 2. Drinking alcohol, 3. The alcohol of egoistical intoxication;… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I think when you embrace celibacy other elements of the relationship have to come forth. There isn't an opportunity for you to… — Edwina Findley Copy Share Image
“Hunger is a solution to alleviate suffering. All the vishayas (senses of pleasures) are a solution to alleviate suffering. But they have… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It does not, however, seem impossible that by an attention to breed, a certain degree of improvement, similar to that among animals,… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
“No prophet or apostle has lived a celibate life is what I'd like to tell her. No one who's ever told me… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
The only method of restoring the natural equality of dignity between men and women, lies in the demolishment of that elaborate theological… — Ellen Battelle Dietrick Copy Share Image
The practice of celibacy alone was opening me up to a deeper sense of the way the mind-body connection works. I saw… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
“Augustine suggests that in the mutual submission and self-surrender of marriage, and in the openness of the marriage relationship to children, with… — Preston Sprinkle Copy Share Image
Celibacy can only be spontaneous, there is no other type of celibacy. If it is not spontaneous, it is not celibacy. You… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
But on top of all that, the feelings about Princess, I'd also gone through an entire year of celibacy based on my… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Celibacy is one of the most unnatural things. It has destroyed so many human beings - millions - Catholic monks, Hindu monks,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Celebrations, for me, have always been where celibacy meets masturbation.” — Gordon Highland Copy Share Image
“A child is one of the most common results of the lack or loss of self-control.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond. — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are. — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
“The wise treat horniness like a hiccup; the foolish, like an asthma attack.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image