“It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Opinions about sexuality, is the main evidence of the presence of wrong knowledge about sexuality.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only… — Roger Lewis Copy Share Image
“Self is nirvishayi (without any sense pleasure); penance-renouncing are vishayas (sense pleasure). No vishaya has the Self (Soul) in it; Self is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“If one abstains in just sex, he will end up being ‘God’. If one becomes immersed in sex, he will go straight… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Fr. Benedict Groeschel says it in his uniquely northern New Jersey way: “Celibacy means that we belong exclusively to the Lord, from… — Timothy M Dolan Cardinal Copy Share Image
I would like to sit still for a while but I'm restless you know and sitting still is only an ideal like… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When the parish priest rebuked him for his celibacy, saying it would lead him into debaucheryand sin, hesaid that a man who… — Liam O'Flaherty Copy Share Image
(The tree bend over. Suddenly, a hiss and a meow sounded an instant before two cats darted off across the backyard.) Look,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“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… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“it may be worth while to note again how often finely developed skulls are discovered in the graveyards of old monasteries, and… — John Beddoe Copy Share Image
“Despite her extraordinary beauty, and so many young men were running after her, Maria remained virgin, never had a lover (But a… — Maximillien de Lafayette Copy Share Image
“The one whose every kind of beggary is gone is given all the rules in his hands. But beggary does not go… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Tale of woe aside, my dry spell isn’t voluntary. I didn’t make a vow of celibacy as an act of self-flagellation in… — R.G. Alexander Copy Share Image
“Sex is of [karmic] 'discharge nature’, [but] the tendencies in it, create great responsibility (grave danger), they create interference. There is no… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The Pope would have an easier job than the President of the United States in adopting a change of course. He has… — Hans Küng Copy Share Image
“A love of celibacy and a zeal for martyrdom does not bode well for the future of the sect." - regarding the… — B.B. Warfield Copy Share Image
Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe… — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I’m single right now and I’ve chosen to be single because I don’t have the time to get to know anybody. So… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“individual sexual drive varies greatly, that penetrative intercourse is not the only means of sexual satisfaction and that celibacy never killed anyone.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
When you really see how much God loves you, there's no greater love than that, and I had to match that amount… — Jessica White Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in this world that will bind you. Only where one enjoys the women other than his own wife, that… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
That's why real awareness always leads you beyond sex, and celibacy happens on its own accord. Because to be in sex you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“From where have kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed) come into existence? From vishay (sensual pleasure). It is not the fault of vishay, but it is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
You know, in some ways, the celibacy tradition goes back to the tribe of Levi and, certainly, sacrifice and the notion of… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
“AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call ‘The Presumption of Sickness,’ i.e., the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
the most grievous wrong of that day ... was to be found in the establishment of the celibacy of the clergy. ...… — Lillie Devereux Blake Copy Share Image
Yes, hypothetically, western Catholicism could revise the theme of celibacy. ... But for the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I still think that the point of reference for every Indian when he is in doubt on any political or social issue… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
“Merit Karma (punya) has made one wander in the worldly life. Merit Karma brings together sensual pleasures (of 5 senses), from which… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What is called a vishaya (involvement in worldly subjects and sense pleasures)? It is that in which the mind, speech and body… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It rarely happens otherwise than that a thorough-faced coquette dies in celibacy, as a punishment for her attempts to mislead others, by… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
“That’s what comes of this celibacy business. We confess to men who’ve never had to worry about a family. Naturally, it’s a… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
![“Sex is of [karmic] 'discharge nature’, [but] the tendencies in it, create great responsibility (grave danger), they create interference. There is no need for tendencies in sex, at all. Naturalness (sahajik) means no interference.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c9/dada-bhagwan-31_celibacy_sex-is-of-karmic-discharge-nature-but-th_849637.jpg)
![“I still think that the point of reference for every Indian when he is in doubt on any political or social issue is to say, "What would [Mahatma] Gandhi have done under the circumstances?" I didn't subscribe to his fads - prohibition, celibacy, no doctors - but generally he was always right. He…” quote by Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f18/khushwant-singh-9061_celibacy_i-still-think-that-the-point-of-referenc_555178.jpg)
