Martin Buber
Philosopher
"The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God."
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Command
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Sappho
Poet
"Although only breath, words which I command are immortal."
Simone Weil
Philosopher, Activist
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
Denis Diderot
Philosopher, Writer
"No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."
Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer, Physician
"We can't command our love, but we can our actions."
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"Jesus commands us to go - but we go the other way."
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"Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills."
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"A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave."
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"It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties."
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"You may command nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her."
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"An obedient wife commands her husband."
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"Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command."
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"I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up."
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"Through obedience learn to command."
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"The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor."
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"Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently."
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"Why wait for a call when you have a command?"
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"Die in obeying commands like a soldier, and go to Nirvana, but no cowardice."
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"Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt."
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"The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents."
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"Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay."
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"We were not born to sue, but to command."
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"If you can do only a little. Do what you can. What you cannot enforce, do not command."
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"Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command."
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"You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable."
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