“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
“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
“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
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
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
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 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
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
“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
“I've been following the noble profession of hermiting here for nigh on fifty-seven years, practising piety, sobriety, celibacy and the pursuit of… — terry pratchett Copy Share Image
Christianity ... has produced the iniquities of the Inquisition, the egotism and celibacy of the monasteries, the fury of religious wars, the… — Ouida 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
Yet it would be unfair to the generality of our kind to ascribe to their intellectual and moral weakness the gradual divergence… — James G. Frazer 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
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
“If there is a greatest destroyer of the Self (the Soul), it is sexuality.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
It would not have suprised Emilio Sandoz that his sex life was discussed with such candor and affectionate concern by his friends.… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“How often do we hear from the local diocesan people—the bishop, the communications director, the victim assistance coordinator, and others—that this abuse… — Charles L. Bailey Jr 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
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
Good God. I don’t believe St. Vincent and the word ‘celibacy’ have ever been mentioned in the same sentence before. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Hunger is a solution to alleviate suffering. All the vishayas (senses of pleasures) are a solution to alleviate suffering. But they have… — Dada Bhagwan 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
