Few comprehend celibacy.

“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