It's not really cool any more to have sex all the time. It's cooler to be strong and independent. — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond. — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent — Socrates Copy Share Image
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“What is attraction in this world? It is open fire; one should stay cautious there. Attraction is indeed the root of moha… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed) is the cause for the next life and vishay (sensual pleasure) is the result of the previous life!” — Dada Bhagwan 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
Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary. — Richard Whately 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
Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“One who does not allow discord [with the wife] to happen even for a minute is considered a [true] husband. Look after… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“For the one who indulges in illicit sex, the sexuality will make him wander in worldly life. There is no liberation for… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“One cannot do without a husband. As much need does one have to relieve herself, that much need one has for a… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What is considered Sheel? It is when one does not respond to anger with anger, does not respond to pride with pride,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I'm restless. My whole generation is restless. I'm sick of a system where the richest man gets the most beautiful girl if… — F. Scott Fitzgerald 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
To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the… — Samuel Johnson 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
“I'm not an advocate of promiscuity; but then I'm also not an advocate of being virginal. It's not like I put virginity… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Venom didn't answer until they'd crossed teh street, his body moving with liquid grace. Holly couldn't help it; she watched him. There… — Nalini Singh 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
“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 is one of the most unnatural things. It has destroyed so many human beings - millions - Catholic monks, Hindu monks,… — 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
“...it is poverty only which makes celibacy contemptible to a generous public! A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I left the convent and that was because I wasn't a very good nun. I could see that I wasn't going to… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
“One, who feels like dying only while asking for sex, can conquer this world.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image