Quotes and Sayings about Celibacy
"The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity."
- Pope John Paul II
(Related: Church, Celibacy, Christ, Dignity, Duty, Expression, Maturity, Proof, Vow, Word)
"Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond."
- Thomas Love Peacock
(Related: Marriage, Celibacy, May)
"Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty."
- Timothy Radcliffe
(Related: Beauty, Sex, Celibacy, Humanity)
"For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited."
- Robert Rainy
(Related: Life, Christian, Celibacy, Manners, Separation, Value, World)
"Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord."
- Joseph Ratzinger
(Related: Celibacy)
"As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent."
- Socrates
(Related: Marriage, Celibacy, Man, Will)
"Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse."
- Peter De Vries
(Related: Celibacy, Self)