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title: "11 Commanded Love Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Commanded Love quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Commanded Love sayings and thoughts."
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> [NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/neighbor-n-one-whom-we-are-commanded-to-love-as-ourselves-and-who/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-tucker/commanded-love-of-all-men-indiscriminately-is-an-obliteration-of/)

[Benjamin Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-tucker/)

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> [You are commanded to love everyone, not condemn those who don't agree with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-are-commanded-to-love-everyone-not-condemn-those-who-don-t-agree/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/when-i-am-commanded-to-love-i-am-commanded-to-restore-community-to/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [Love is the only cement that can hold this broken community together.When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr-2/love-is-the-only-cement-that-can-hold-this-broken-community-together/)

[Martin Luther King Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr-2/)

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> [We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-grimke/we-are-commanded-to-love-god-with-all-our-minds-as-well-as-with-all/)

[Angelina Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-grimke/)

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> [The commandment is that you shall love, but when you understand life and yourself, then it is as if you should not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/the-commandment-is-that-you-shall-love-but-when-you-understand-life/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [The Bible says that love is a responsibility. We are commanded to love. God doesn't ask us if we feel like it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-jeremiah/the-bible-says-that-love-is-a-responsibility-we-are-commanded-to-love/)

[David Jeremiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-jeremiah/)

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> [We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden/we-are-not-commanded-or-forbidden-to-love-our-mates-our-children-our-2/)

[W. H. Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/w-h-auden-856_affection_we-are-not-commanded-or-forbidden-to-lov_2578777.png)

> [To be commanded to love God at all, let alone in the wilderness, is like being commanded to be well when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/to-be-commanded-to-love-god-at-all-let-alone-in-the-wilderness-is/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [“It is this Good which we are commanded to love with our whole heart, with our whole mind, and with all our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/it-is-this-good-which-we-are-commanded-to-love-with-our-whole-heart/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

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