Commandment Quotes

155 quotes by 125 authors

'If he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall… — John of Kronstadt
It is impossible that one who has turned to the world and feels its anxieties, and engages his heart in the wish to please men,… — Gregory of Nyssa
Life of the soul is union with God, as life of the body is union with the soul. As the soul was separated from God… — Gregory Palamas
Thou shalt not kill: the four most important, and yet, most ignored words in all religious teachings. There is not an asterisk next to that… — Gary Yourofsky
It is perfectly evident...that to thank the Lord in all things is not merely a courtesy, it is a commandment as binding upon us as… — Marion G. Romney
The sixth commandment - 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' - fascinated me . . . I always knew that some day I should defy it. — John Christie
Love, in the words of the Master, is the shining commandment: LOVE ONE ANOTHER. — Wilferd Peterson
My nun, which is how I think of her, was the most profound witness for God's love I've ever encountered in this world. She was… — Cathleen Falsani
There is no Sixth Commandment in art. The poet is entitled to lay his hands on whatever material he finds necessary for his work. — Heinrich Heine
One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of course do not… — Carl Sagan
T]he state Republican chairman, Gaylord Parkinson, postulated what he called the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican. — Ronald Reagan
The commandment is that you shall love, but when you understand life and yourself, then it is as if you should not need to be… — Soren Kierkegaard
Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful sense… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
Fr. Amphilochios, the geronta or elder on the island of Patmos when I first stayed there, would have been in full agreement. Do you know,… — Kallistos Ware
The eleventh commandment of a motion picture negotiation: Thou shalt not take less than thy last deal. — John Gregory Dunne
The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others. — Marvin Harris
But I was not obeying the first and greatest commandment - to love God first - nor is it clear that I was obeying the… — Sheldon Vanauken
The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers,… — Arthur Koestler
I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings. — Theodore Bikel

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