Pride is the king of vices...it is the first of the pallbearers of the soul...other vices destroy only their opposite virtues, as… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Let us at least say of religion that it means that every part of the body is infused with mind, not that… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
“Item, I've read that there's not a single virgin to be found in your country," said the statesman. "Where might you have… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
What is chastity? How shall a man know if he is chaste? He shall not know it. We have heard of this… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Someone told me the delightful story of the crusader who put a chastity belt on his wife and gave the key to… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a… — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they 'own' their bodies—those vast and perilous estates, pulsating with… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Do you have to do murder? Do we have to do murder? Sure we have to do murder. There are only two… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whatever he says, let his inner resolution be not to bear whatever comes to him, but to bear it 'for a reasonable… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
When chaste people need body or mind to resort to action or thought, they find steel in their muscles or knowledge in… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble. So those on scepticism cause… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor. — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
