"The way to plan the family is Natural Family Planning, not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self. This turns the attention to self and so destroys the gift of love in him or her. In loving, the husband and wife must turn the attention to each other. Once that living love is destroyed by contraception, abortion follows very easily."
- Mother Teresa
"Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self."
- Mother Teresa
"Intense love does not measure . . . it just gives."
- Mother Teresa
"The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day."
- Pope John Paul II
"Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it. This is why Christ the Redeemer 'fully reveals man to himself.'"
- Pope John Paul II
"There is no place for selfishness—and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice"
- Pope John Paul II
"Real love is demanding. I would fail in my mission if I did not tell you so. Love demands a personal commitment to the will of God."
- Pope John Paul II
"Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity."
-St. Jerome
"Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much."
- Our Lady of Fatima, in 1920.
"Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love."
- Pope John Paul II
"Chastity is a difficult, long term matter; one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit, for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time, chastity is the sure way to happiness."
- Pope John Paul II
"Deep within yourself, listen to your conscience which calls you to be pure . . . a home is not warmed by the fire of pleasure which burns quickly like a pile of withered grass. Passing encounters are only a caricature of love; they injure hearts and mock God's plan."
- Pope John Paul II
"[God] has assigned as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman."
- Pope John Paul II
"To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something as beautiful for him."
- Blessed Mother Teresa
"Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility."
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"'Purity?' they ask. And they smile. They are the ones who go on to marriage with worn-out bodies and disillusioned souls."
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"By Lust I mean that affection of the mind that aims at the enjoyment of one's self and one's neighbor without reference to God."
- St. Augustine
"Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity."
- St. Augustine
"There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work."
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"Many live like angels in the middle of the world. You, … why not you?"
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph."
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"Don't be such as coward as to be 'brave.' Flee!"
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"When you have sought the company of a sensual satisfaction, what loneliness afterward!"
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thornbush, Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond . . . You . . . what have you done?"
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"Don't say, 'That's the way I am—its my character.' It's your lack of character. Esto vir!—Be a man!"
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"Purity is the fruit of prayer."
- Blessed Mother Teresa
"Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity."
- John Henry Cardinal Newman
"Holy Purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like the angels of God in heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh."
- St. John Bosco
"As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to impurity destroys grace."
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves."
- St. Josemaria Escriva
"More souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason."
- Our Lady of Fatima
"A man who has the habit of abusive language will never mature in character as long as he lives"
-Sirach 23:15
"Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust."
-St. Clement of Alexandria
"Never talk of impure things or events, not even to deplore them. Look, it's a subject that sticks more than tar. Change the conversation, or if that's not possible, continue, but speaking of the need and beauty of holy purity--a virtue of the men who know what their souls are worth."
-St. Josemaria Escriva
The man of impure speech is a "person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth."
-St. John Vianney
"That conversation . . . was as dirty as a sewer! It is not enough for you to take no part in it. You must show your repugnance to it strongly!"
-St. Josemaria Escriva
"I have never talked about impurity. . . . But I have spoken many times, as I have to do, about chastity, purity, and the joyful affirmation of love."
-St. Josemaria Escriva
"In the first place I say this: you must never think that you are alone in deciding your future! And second: when deciding your future, you must not decide for yourself alone."
- Pope John Paul II
"[young people] know that their life has meaning to the extent that it becomes a free gift for others."
- Pope John Paul II
"Priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ."
- St. John Vianney
"For everyone, whatever his state—-single, married, widowed, or priest—chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love."
- St. Josemaria Escriva
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Thank you for compiling so many beautiful and inspiring quotes!!
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