Suzuki Roshi QOTD

One day a student asked, "Roshi, I have a lot of sexual desire. I'm thinking of becoming celibate. Should I try to limit myself in this way?"

"Sex is like brushing your teeth," Suzuki answered. "It is a good thing to do, but not so good to do it all day long."

from To Shine One Corner of the World
ISBN 0-7679-0651-9