Chastity – Quotes

This detachment (poverty, chastity,

This detachment (poverty, chastity, etc.) must not be mere amputation; everything which is shaken off must be simultaneously found again at a higher level. Gabriel Marcel

The Church has no

The Church has no double standard of morality. The moral code of heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage. Ezra Taft Benson

This is the sad

This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away. Erica Jong

There are no chaste

There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet. Eric Hoffer

O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love to Thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own sins and not to judge my brother; for Thou … Read more

Chastity is the ermine

Chastity is the ermine of woman’s soul. Elizabeth I

Coffee is not as

Coffee is not as necessary to ministers of the reformed faith as to Catholic priests. The latter are not allowed to marry, and coffee is said to induce chastity. Elisabeth Charlotte d’Orleans

It was with the

It was with the utmost difficulty that ancient Rome could support the institution of six vestals; but the primitive church was filled with a great number of persons of either sex who had devoted themselves to the profession of perpetual chastity. Edward Gibbon

Although the progress of

Although the progress of civilisation has undoubtedly contributed to assuage the fiercer passions of human nature, it seems to have been less favourable to the virtue of chastity, whose most dangerous enemy is the softness of the mind. The refinements of life corrupt while they polish the intercourse of the sexes. The gross appetite of … Read more

I have somewhere heard

I have somewhere heard or read the frank confession of a Benedictine abbot: \”My vow of poverty has given me a hundred thousand crowns a year; my vow of obedience has raised me to the rank of a sovereign prince.\” – I forget the consequences of his vow of chastity. Edward Gibbon