Aldous Huxley Quotes

And I was very interested in the priesthood.

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.

I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.

Even though it's my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God.

Back when I was 8 or 9 and wanted to be a nun, I would often stop at church on my way home from school.

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.

I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.

I have always hoped that it might be possible to conclude my ministry as I had begun it, as a parish priest, and this I believe to be the call of God.

I was very serious about being a priest, twice in my life. Almost joined the Montfort Seminary after I graduated from high school. Almost went back in the seminary during college.

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

And so um, I knew that I really didn't want to be a priest and didn't want to be a celibate, though I could probably manage it. Um, and um, ultimately I left.

I did think of becoming a priest quite late on, when other boys were thinking of knocking over fences and going out with girls. I would have made a very good bishop: nice housekeeper, nice clothes - god, the clothes.

You were part of a parish life. It was a great community to grow up in. I just was impressed by our parish priests. After a while, I began to think maybe I could do that.

I didn’t want to be a nun.

For me, I've always wanted to be a nun. I mean, I think about what it's like to be a nun. And I've always been fascinated with nuns, and I have a nun collection, I've been collecting nuns for 20 years. And I have a song that I wrote, 'I Wanna Be a Nun,' when I was 25.

As a senior in high school, I had a strong sense that God wanted me in some kind of ministry.

We need more missionaries - more worthy missionaries.

Had I been more religious in my youth, I might have become a pastor, for it was the pastoral role I'd sought.

Trying to do Christianity properly is tough. Life as a priest is rigorous and disciplined. It involves sacrifices.

I've twice been on the point of giving up my performing career to train for the priesthood.

Having that Christian base keeps me focused on what I have to do. It keeps me out of the clubs and in the gym.

To see a priest making his meditation before Mass does more for an altar boy's vocation than a thousand pieces of inspirational literature.

He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.