“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
“Opinions about sexuality, is the main evidence of the presence of wrong knowledge about sexuality.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“What kinda vows?" Celibacy? I thought, though I didn't say it. Nobody keeps a celibacy vow anyway.” — Cassandra Rose Clarke Copy Share Image
“All that comes to an end is a vishaya [subject of pleasure]. That which does not come to an end, is the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“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
“If one wants to go to moksha, he will indeed have to become (completely) free from sex [nirvishayi].” — 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
“When is one considered to have learnt to become a husband? It is when the wife continuously experiences veneration (respect) for him.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The one thing that is sort of sneered at and not really believed is bisexuality. Any bisexual man is just seen as… — Edmund White 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
“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 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
Celibacy doesn't make you enlightened, otherwise every nun or priest in Buddhism or Christianity would be enlightened. People who don't date and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The only other person attending who was close to her age was Father St. Laurent, a devastatingly good-looking Roman Catholic priest who… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“Celibacy is the Tesla family secret, passed down through the generations.” “Celibacy, passed down through the generations?”Victor asked dryly. I flushed. “Its… — Vinnie Tesla 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
“...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
“The Soul is indeed such that the mahavrats (five great vows of truth, non-possessiveness, non-violence, non-stealing, and celibacy as expounded by Lord… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
For example, most mammals are either monogamous or polygamous. But as every poet or divorce attorney will tell you, humans are confused… — Robert M. Sapolsky 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
What happens with your sex energy depends on how you use it. What it can become does not depend on it alone,… — Rajneesh 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
“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
The Notebook extended my celibacy. No man was worth the box if he didn't embody the character of Noah. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)? Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman! Give up the identification… — Swami Vivekananda 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
“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'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
On the higher plane the soul is sexless, and those who wish to rise higher than the physical plane must eliminate the… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
No longer will our penises remain flaccid and unused! From now on, we fight will for every man out there who isn't… — Kevin Myers Copy Share Image
“Vishay (sensual pleasure) is just vishay alone. However when indulging in sensual pleasure, if one has ignorance of the Self, then kashay… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“You know, I'm not even sure how we ended up living together." "I am," Jake said, turning back to the lake. "Sex.… — Jennifer Crusie 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
“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
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
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
For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation… — Robert Rainy Copy Share Image