Celibacy Quotes

64 quotes by 47 authors

Try to force celibacy upon yourself and your dreams will become sexual, they will have a quality of sexuality. — Rajneesh
In the name of celibacy, sex has been repressed for centuries and you have become just full of sexuality. Rather than transcending it you are… — Rajneesh
That's why real awareness always leads you beyond sex, and celibacy happens on its own accord. Because to be in sex you have either to… — Rajneesh
Celibacy is one of the most unnatural things. It has destroyed so many human beings - millions - Catholic monks, Hindu monks, Buddhist monks, Jaina… — Rajneesh
To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity,… — Samuel Johnson
On the higher plane the soul is sexless, and those who wish to rise higher than the physical plane must eliminate the idea of sex. — Virchand Gandhi
A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand and grasp very… — Ramakrishna
Iâ€™m single right now and Iâ€™ve chosen to be single because I donâ€™t have the time to get to know anybody. So itâ€™s okay not… — Lady Gaga
It does not, however, seem impossible that by an attention to breed, a certain degree of improvement, similar to that among animals, might take place… — Thomas Malthus
How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the best and most… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I would like to sit still for a while but I'm restless you know and sitting still is only an ideal like celibacy and complete… — John Steinbeck
To gain victory over the flesh was the purpose of fasting and celibacy, which denied the pleasures of this world for the sake of reward… — Barbara Tuchman
The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy. — William P. Leahy
Children, those who are unmarried should conserve their vital energy by maintaining celibacy. To turn what we gain by this in to ojas (vitality), we… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days. — Mata Amritanandamayi
I took a vow of political celibacy. — Mitch Daniels
A world filled with temptations needs priests who are totally dedicated to their mission. Accordingly, they are asked in a very special way to open… — Pope Benedict XVI
Various Eastern fathers referred to the practice of married priests in their churches, offering each one of us elements for a further careful evaluation of… — Angelo Scola
To those who say that they are Christian and gay, what we must keep in mind is that absent in that kind of lifestyle is… — Erwin W. Lutzer
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a… — Pope Francis

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