“If anything, other than our own ‘Real Self’, remains in our memory, it is all vishaya [subjects of pleasures that take one… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Sex is for after marriage. They have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't… — Adriana Lima Copy Share Image
“Sexuality is not the poison; fearlessness in sexuality is the poison. Therefore be afraid of sexuality.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“on the higher levels of the spiritual path, celibacy is considered a most important aspect of the training.” — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
“LADY BRACKNELL. [Rising and drawing herself up.] You must be quite aware that what you propose is out of the question. JACK.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Wherever there is attraction, there is delusionary attachment (moha). Maintain pure awakened awareness of the Soul (shuddha upyoga) where there is attraction.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The sense pleasure of the sex (vishaya) is like nature of the mud. If you can remember only the Self, then it… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That clerical celibacy doesn't guarantee asceticism is obvious, any more than attending Mass guarantees prayerfulness (trust me on that one). But it… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“Greed and sexuality cannot be friends. When one is truly free of sexuality, he becomes greedy. He will care only for wealth;… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in whichmen, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families,… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Without sheelvan (the highest state of conduct in worldly interactions, free of the intent to hurt, free of sexuality and charaterized by… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I tend to agree that celibacy for a time is worth considering, for sex is dirty if all it means is winning… — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
There were the physical challenges of hitchhiking across Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as they were quite dangerous areas. I wrote about… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
“Karma alone does not take care of everything. One had made a desire of enjoying sex. He does that one karma. So… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Celibacy,fasting, penance, mortification, self-denial, humility, silence, solitude and the whole train of monkish virtues...Stupify the understanding and harden the heart, obscure the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Nay! Can it be Braden’s made it a whole hour without a woman? Quick, Lochlan, send for a healer afore he collapses… — Kinley MacGregor Copy Share Image
That this is possible may not be denied in a world where hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people voluntarily submit to… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
“It is the fate of great achievements, born from a way of life that sets truth before security, to be gobbled up… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
Yes, but I’ve already made my fortune in other things. (Solin) Such as? (Geary) Viagra. My brother learned to take a personal… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Maintaining a celibate relationship is hard thats why standards must be set and God has to be centered. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Now, I don’t like to be self-depreciating and all– but if this guy has to search the want ads to find love… — Emily Harper Copy Share Image
It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The Notebook extended my celibacy. No man was worth the box if he didn't embody the character of Noah. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Though I wholeheartedly supported celibacy at the start of my seminary career, my opinion changed as I made my way toward and… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
“To see as, ‘this is a woman’, is a man’s disease, and to see as, ‘this is a man’, is a woman’s… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages in praise of female… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I'd also gone through an entire year of celibacy based on my feeling that lust was the direct cause of birth which… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Christians throughout history have affirmed that lifelong celibacy is a spiritual gift and calling, not a path that should be forced upon… — Matthew Vines Copy Share Image
I lived in a community where celibacy was the rule. My I saw many people asked to leave the ashram for so… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Hell, at this rate she’d end up in the mental institution by the end of the year. Cause: Celibacy.” — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
In this modern world, the celibacy of the medieval learned class has been replaced by a celibacy of the intellect which is… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“When one becomes ‘above normal’ or ‘below normal’ in circumstances; it is called a vishaya (involvement in worldly subjects and sense pleasures).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If a passionate celibacy was all he could have with Sophia, well, that was still better than having sex with any other… — Evangeline Anderson Copy Share Image
“If one wants to go to moksha, he will indeed have to become (completely) free from sex [nirvishayi].” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
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