Commandment Quotes

155 quotes by 125 authors

Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science. — Bertolt Brecht
And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that… — Sharron Angle
[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our western country, the… — George Washington
I always tried to live up to Leo Szilard's commandment, "don't lie if you don't have to." I had to. I filled up pages with… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may… — Charles Spurgeon
It is the daily; it is the small; it is the cumulative injuries of little people that we are here to protect....If we are able… — Learned Hand
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice. — Learned Hand
There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see. — William James
'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment. — Richard Dawkins
The eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be found out" is despicable, but nevertheless, it is the one thing you can never get away from. — Emily Post
The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in the year 2000 - to… — P.J. O'Rourke
'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings and this commandment was inscribed in… — Leo Tolstoy
Killing for pleasure is wrong and should be banned. Fox hunting, stag hunting and hare coursing are moral issues. It is time that we stood… — Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison
We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another. — Saint Basil
Does the commandment 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' mean nothing to us? Are we to interpret it as meaning 'Thou shalt not kill except on the… — Linus Pauling
Christ's commandment to hear the Church . . . is binding on all men, in every period, and every country. — Pope Pius XI
Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is not the creation of wealth… — Margaret Thatcher
On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an… — Edith Stein
The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose ...… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought. In all our… — Richard Rolle

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