"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

posted in beauty


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.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful."

-Timothy Radcliffe

travelView Quote
"To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness."

-Timothy Radcliffe

respectView Quote
"Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger."

-Timothy Radcliffe

relationshipView Quote
"I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God."

-Timothy Radcliffe

relationshipView Quote
"Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists."

-Timothy Radcliffe

peaceView Quote
"I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims."

-Timothy Radcliffe

faithView Quote

More Quotes About beauty

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"I feel by posing for Playboy I've discovered my own sexuality and beauty, and I feel more confident than ever."

-Heather Kozar

beautyView Quote
"Beauty is the still birth of suffering, every woman knows that."

-Emily Prager

beautyView Quote
"All the beauty of the world, 'tis but skin deep."

-Ralph Venning

beautyView Quote
"Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself."

-L. Wolfe Gilbert

beautyView Quote
"The flowers anew, returning seasons bring but beauty faded has no second spring."

-Ambrose Philips

beautyView Quote
"I want the Arabic Granada, that which is art, which is all that seems to me beauty and emotion."

-Isaac Albeniz

beautyView Quote