Leadership Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection.

— Robert Boyle

“He reminded me that I was not the first priest to acknowledge his sexuality and that despite the Vatican’s stance, a chaste and celibate…

— Charles Benedict

It would not have suprised Emilio Sandoz that his sex life was discussed with such candor and affectionate concern by his friends. The single…

— Mary Doria Russell

“Not celibate are they who wear monastic garb and shut themselves away behind thick walls and massive iron gates, But celibate are they whose…

— Mikhail Naimy

Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and…

— Alex Gibney

“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

“The Catholic alpha male abstains from sexual intercourse and childcare even though there is no genetic or ecological reason for him to do so.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“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

“He was more embarrassed and discreet about sex than about things I thought more difficult, like killing people, which pretty much defined the history…

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“It was a pity that with his great qualities, his unselfishness and honor, his intelligence and sensibility, he should be so unlovable.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly…

— Hans Kung

“Surely this feisty, argumentative female could not be his life mate? Docile, he’d specifically written docile when he’d filled in his request for a…

— Eve Langlais