Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists.

I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony.

Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.

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.

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

For both Protestants and Catholics, and whether or not absolute continence is demanded of the clergy, celibacy remains a blessed spiritual state.

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.

To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.

When you really see how much God loves you, there's no greater love than that, and I had to match that amount of love He had for me, which is the reason why I decided to take a vow of celibacy.

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split.

Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.

Grateful daughters of God guard their bodies carefully, for they know they are the wellsprings of life, and they reverence life. They don't uncover their bodies to find favor with the world. They walk in modesty to be in favor with their Father In Heaven. They know he loves them dearly.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

In Ski Party we are reading up on how to have fun without sex. That was the theme of every AIP picture!

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?