Best 90 quotes in «celibacy quotes» category

Masturbation is not the happiest form of sexuality, but the most advisable for him who wants to be alone and think. I detect the aroma of this pleasant vice in most philosophers, and a happily married logicians is almost a contradiction in terms. So many sages have regarded Woman as temptress because fornication often leads to marriage, which usually leads to children, which always leads to a respectable job and pretending to believe the idiocies your neighbors believe. The hypocrisy of the sages has been to conceal their timid onanism and call it celibacy.

Meeting a woman is not harmful, but it is harmful for the eyes to be attracted to her. So do pratikraman (do apology) at that time and resolve this case.

Merit Karma (punya) has made one wander in the worldly life. Merit Karma brings together sensual pleasures (of 5 senses), from which arises deceit. Temptation to indulge in pleasure is the reason that gives rise to deceit. And deceit gives rise to the worldly life. Deceit and revengeful enmity is the reason this worldly life remains in existence.

One is God himself, [but] for how long does that authority of God last? As long as he speaks the truth, practices non-violence, does not steal, practices celibacy and remains non-acquisitive – till then power of God will remain.

One cannot do without a husband. As much need does one have to relieve herself, that much need one has for a husband. One can bear her husband going out of town for couple of days, but one cannot bear not going to relieve herself. One would look for whatever the need is. One will even search for a kitchen. How meaningless beliefs one has had in such a world?

One begins to be free of the disease (of the sex), from the moment he or she opposes sex.

Sex is an illusion of an illusion.

One, who feels like dying only while asking for sex, can conquer this world.

Opinions about sexuality, is the main evidence of the presence of wrong knowledge about sexuality.

Self is nirvishayi (without any sense pleasure); penance-renouncing are vishayas (sense pleasure). No vishaya has the Self (Soul) in it; Self is only in the Self.

Sex swims in marriage, while sex sinks in sin of being single.

Sex is of [karmic] 'discharge nature’, [but] the tendencies in it, create great responsibility (grave danger), they create interference. There is no need for tendencies in sex, at all. Naturalness (sahajik) means no interference.

One who does not allow discord [with the wife] to happen even for a minute is considered a [true] husband. Look after this relationship in the same way that you would not allow the relationship with a friend to spoil. If you do not look after your relationship with your friend, then the friendship will break.

Relation with another man or a woman, other than one’s own husband or a wife, is a direct cause for a life in hell.

Sex has been domesticated, stripped of the promised mystery, added to the category of the merely expected. It's just what is done, mundane as hockey. It's celibacy these days that would raise eyebrows.

Sex is an open dependency.

Sexuality is not the poison; fearlessness in sexuality is the poison. Therefore be afraid of sexuality.

Sheel (the highest state of conduct in worldly interaction) is where not even an iota of a wrong intent arises within.

The one whose every kind of beggary is gone is given all the rules in his hands. But beggary does not go away, does it? How many kinds of beggary must there be? Beggary for the pride, for the wealth, for the fame, for the sex, for the disciples, for building temples, there is nothing but beggary. How can we be liberated from all our pains (and problems) there?

The Pope would have an easier job than the President of the United States in adopting a change of course. He has no Congress alongside him as a legislative body nor a Supreme Court as a judiciary. He is absolute head of government, legislator and supreme judge in the church. If he wanted to, he could authorize contraception over night, permit the marriage of priests, make possible the ordination of women and allow eucharistic fellowship with this Protestant churches. What would a Pope do who acted in the spirit of Obama?

There is sheel (the highest state of conduct in worldly interaction) when not a single living being is ever hurt even to the slightest extent through the mind, through the ego, through the antahkaran (the mind-intellect-chit-ego complex). Sheel arises for the one who maintains such an intent.

There are three kinds of ‘alcohols’ [intoxications]. 1. (Intoxication due to) sexual desires. 2. Drinking alcohol, 3. The alcohol of egoistical intoxication; the one that claims ‘I am…I am…

There is nothing in this world that will bind you. Only where one enjoys the women other than his own wife, that will bind one.

This worldly life is very difficult. Mother-in-law comes, mother of the mother-in-law comes, sister of mother-in-law comes, aunt of mother-in-law comes. How many mother-in-laws come? One husband and how many mother-in-laws will come with him? Hey, crazy one, why do you have to be here? Just for one husband, you have to be haunted by all these ‘ghosts’?!

The sense pleasure of the sex (vishaya) is like nature of the mud. If you can remember only the Self, then it is not a vishaya. Otherwise, everything that you remember, are all vishayas.

The Soul is indeed such that the mahavrats (five great vows of truth, non-possessiveness, non-violence, non-stealing, and celibacy as expounded by Lord Mahavir) prevail, but these mahavrats should prevail in conduct externally, only then the Soul is considered as complete. It is known as a mahavrat when not a single worldly intent arises at all. It is a very elevated state!

Until that day at the dress department Lucie had been many things to me: a child, a source of comfort, a balm, an escape from myself; she was literally everything for me – but a woman. Our love in the physical sense of the word had proceeded no further than the kissing stage. And even the way she kissed was childish (I'd fallen in love with those kisses, long but chaste, with dry closed lips counting each other's fine striations as they touched in emotion).In short, until then I had felt tenderness for Lucie, but no sensual desire; I'd grown so accustomed to its absence that I wasn't even conscious of it; my relationship with Lucie seemed so beautiful that I could never have dreamed anything was missing. Everything fit so harmoniously together: Lucie, her monastically gray clothes, and my monastically chaste relation with her.

To see as, ‘this is a woman’, is a man’s disease, and to see as, ‘this is a man’, is a woman’s disease. There is moksha (liberation) for the one who becomes free of such a disease.

What is considered Sheel? It is when one does not respond to anger with anger, does not respond to pride with pride, does not respond with attachment (raag) towards people with attachment. That is considered Sheel (the highest state of conduct in worldly interaction).

Venom didn't answer until they'd crossed teh street, his body moving with liquid grace. Holly couldn't help it; she watched him. There was something deadly about Venom. Not just power, but him. She wondered if he'd been like this as a human, too, dangerous and beautiful. She blinked, shook her head. Obviously, if she was starting to think Venom beautiful, it was time to break her self-imposed celibacy and go get laid.

Vishay (sensual pleasure) is just vishay alone. However when indulging in sensual pleasure, if one has ignorance of the Self, then kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed) arises, and if One has Knowledge of the Self, then kashay will not arise.

What is attraction in this world? It is open fire; one should stay cautious there. Attraction is indeed the root of moha (illusory attachment).

What kinda vows?" Celibacy? I thought, though I didn't say it. Nobody keeps a celibacy vow anyway.

What is called a vishaya (involvement in worldly subjects and sense pleasures)? It is that in which the mind, speech and body become one with. If one does not become engrossed with mind-speech-body, it is called nirvishaya (without any sense pleasure).

When is one considered to have learnt to become a husband? It is when the wife continuously experiences veneration (respect) for him.

When one becomes ‘above normal’ or ‘below normal’ in circumstances; it is called a vishaya (involvement in worldly subjects and sense pleasures).

Wherever there is attraction, there is delusionary attachment (moha). Maintain pure awakened awareness of the Soul (shuddha upyoga) where there is attraction. Then that place will not bother you.

I'm single right now and I've chosen to be single because I don't have the time to get to know anybody. So it's okay not to have sex, it's okay to get to know people. I'm celibate, celibacy's fine.

Celibacy is exhausting.

Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.

God has set the type of marriage through creation. Each creature seeks its perfection in another.

I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.

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 universal option.

Without sheelvan (the highest state of conduct in worldly interactions, free of the intent to hurt, free of sexuality and charaterized by sincerity, morality, straightforwardness, humility, naturalness amongst other attributes), the power of speech that gives results (vachanbud) will not arise.

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.

Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent

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

Good God. I don’t believe St. Vincent and the word ‘celibacy’ have ever been mentioned in the same sentence before.

I left the convent and that was because I wasn't a very good nun. I could see that I wasn't going to make it. It's very difficult to be a nun, or to live a religious life. It's very difficult to live a life of total celibacy or a life without any possessions or material responsibilities at all, or in total obedience to somebody else, and remain a mature whole human being, and I knew that I wasn't going to be one of those.