Celibacy Quote by Anonymous

Honestly, celibacy isn't hard. It's the gasers that sell you broken promises and try to get you off of God's plan offering nothing.

— Anonymous

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

“The common mistake of the religious celibate has been to suppose that the highest spiritual life absolutely demands the renunciation of sexuality, as if…

— Alan Wilson Watts

Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.

— Hans Kung

Celibacy is a great help, inasmuch as it enables one to lead a life of full surrender to God.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never…

— Gene Robinson

“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

I don't think anybody should be celibate - and that goes for priests as well as nuns. I don't even like to alter a…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

A relationship/marriage should be between two people and God. Not the world.

— Pauline Seaport

Celibacy is not natural to men or to women; all bodily needs require their legitimate satisfaction, and celibacy is a disregard of natural law.

— Annie Besant

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

Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald