If there is a greatest destroyer of the Self (the Soul)…

“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort. They were…

— Frank Herbert

“This worldly life is very difficult. Mother-in-law comes, mother of the mother-in-law comes, sister of mother-in-law comes, aunt of mother-in-law comes. How many mother-in-laws…

— Dada Bhagwan

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

— Peter De Vries

“Masturbation is not the happiest form of sexuality, but the most advisable for him who wants to be alone and think. I detect the…

— Robert Anton Wilson

“Sheel (the highest state of conduct in worldly interaction) is where not even an iota of a wrong intent arises within.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Yes, hypothetically, western Catholicism could revise the theme of celibacy. ... But for the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy, with the…

— Pope Francis

It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.

— H. L. Mencken

“Not just the celibacy thing but because he has God’s ear, a line on the mysteries. That’s impressive to girls.”

— Stanley Elkin

“It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

In the name of celibacy, sex has been repressed for centuries and you have become just full of sexuality. Rather than transcending it you…

— Rajneesh

“Fr. Benedict Groeschel says it in his uniquely northern New Jersey way: “Celibacy means that we belong exclusively to the Lord, from our brain…

— Timothy M Dolan Cardinal

“...it is poverty only which makes celibacy contemptible to a generous public! A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous,…

— Jane Austen

Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary.

— Richard Whately

There were the physical challenges of hitchhiking across Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as they were quite dangerous areas. I wrote about that in…

— Radhanath Swami

“Though I wholeheartedly supported celibacy at the start of my seminary career, my opinion changed as I made my way toward and through priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict