A wise man should avoid married life as if it were a burning pit of live coals. From the
contact comes sensation, from sensation thirst, from thirst clinging; by ceasing from that, the soul
is delivered from all sinful existence. - Lord Buddha

Brahmacharya or spotless chastity is the best of all penances; a celibate of such spotless
chastity is not a human being, but a god indeed... To the celibate who conserves the semen with
great efforts, what is there unattainable in this world? By the power of the composure of the
semen, one will become just like myself. - Lord Sankara

There is no doubt that people die prematurely by letting the semen out of the body;
knowing this, the Yogi should always preserve semen and lead a life of strict celibacy.
- Siva Samhita