Failure Quote by Alan Wilson Watts

“Christians throughout history have affirmed that lifelong celibacy is a spiritual gift and calling, not a path that should be forced upon someone.”

— Matthew Vines

“But the religious texts do describe—some have said, prescribe—the disfigurement of women who transgress sexually.23”

— Gaiutra Bahadur

“on the higher levels of the spiritual path, celibacy is considered a most important aspect of the training.”

— Ayya Khema

“I think people get excited about their perspective on sexuality because it gives them the feeling that, their failures notwithstanding, if they take a…

— Walter Wink

“Sexual satisfaction is a dissatisfaction to the spiritual life.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Priestly celibacy has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value undiminished even in our time when…

— Pope Paul VI

Almost every one of the great religions of the world has made special provisions for them, and the woman who has preferred a celibate…

— Mary Livermore

Sex has become more and more attractive because of its condemnation by priests

— Anonymous

“The sin against nature [is] - compulsory celibacy”

— François Mauriac

“No prophet or apostle has lived a celibate life is what I'd like to tell her. No one who's ever told me celibacy is…

— Nicole Hardy

“For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control…

— Scotty Smith

“Newer religions, among them Christianity, saw the world as a battlefield between good and evil. In such a world, sex itself became dichotomized and…

— Byrne R.S. Fone