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The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others. — Marvin Harris

Christ's commandment to hear the Church ... is binding on all men, in every period, and every country. — Pope Pius XI

So I suggest you stick close, pay attention, and avoid breaking the Terrorverse's only commandment: Thou shall not be stupid. — Seth Grahame-Smith

Loving your neighbour as much as yourself is practically bloody impossible? You might as well have a commandment that states,'Thou shalt fly'. — John Cleese

I keep Reagan's 11th Commandment that I don't run down other Republicans. — James Lankford

The most often repeated commandment in the Bible is "Do not fear." It's in there over two hundred times. — Donald Miller

The Holy Spirit is profoundly committed to restoring the first commandment to first place in our lives. — Bob Sorge

Please, Lord gives power to obey your commandment — Lailah Gifty Akita

This is not only a commandment but also a promise or reward. — Meister Eckhart

The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given. — Pope Benedict XVI

The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you. — Elmer Davis

There is no God. And that's His only Commandment. — Glen Duncan

The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore God. The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself. — Rob Brezsny

The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought. — Richard Rolle

'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment. — Richard Dawkins

If the second-greatest commandment is to love our fellow man, where is that commandment in this? Dear God, where is the love in this? — Nicole Hardy

Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not distort, delay, or sequester information — Donella Meadows

Educator Norman Lamm said, In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study. — H.W. Charles

We can observe the Fourth Commandment by loving visits to our aging grandparents — Pope Francis

The only Commandment I ever obeyed - 'Consider the Lilies. — Emily Dickinson

The great commandment of life is to love the Lord. — Ezra Taft Benson

The sixth commandment - 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' - fascinated me ... I always knew that some day I should defy it. — John Christie

Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Thou shalt not whine' should be the eleventh commandment. — Reba McEntire

Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not have any gods before me. — John Piper

Black Diamonds Commandment #1," Creed whispered. "We're in this together. — Melissa Marr

She told him that she wished there were another commandment, an eleventh etched into the tablets: Do not change. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child. — Alice Miller

The commandment to avoid contention applies to those who are right as well as those who are wrong. — Dallin H. Oaks

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care. — Andrew Stanton

Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science. — Bertolt Brecht

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

How did Abraham know that it was God that bid him offer his son, being a breach of the sixth commandment? — Anne Hutchinson

A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church. — Rick Warren

The Eighth Commandment was not made for bards. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. — Anonymous

We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another. — Saint Basil

You cannot sensibly expect a starving 'God-fearing' man to honor the 8th commandment. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. — Anonymous

Each day I see all about me the fruits of commandment-keeping. — Neal A. Maxwell

It is not possible to speak of the right to choose when a clear moral evil is involved, when what is at stake is the commandment, Do not kill! — Mother Teresa

Here is a commandment for you: seek happiness in sorrow. Work, work tirelessly. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills. — Martin Luther

There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see. — William James

I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican. — Renee Ellmers

It was from Buber's other writings that I learned what could also be found in I and Thou: the central commandment to make the secular sacred. — Martin Buber

Why should "Honor thy father and thy mother" be a commandment, and "Honor thy child" not? — Harry Mulisch

The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

When Jesus was asked, "What is the greatest commandment?" he responded with "Love. — Francis Chan

Christ commands his people to love their enemies, because if not, that would rule out pretty much the entire world. — Criss Jami

It's advice, not a commandment.
Don't swallow it whole until you're absolutely sure you've been given good, healthy advice. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment. — Stephen King

The bigger the hair the closer to God was not just a saying in the northern panhandle, it was like the eleventh commandment: Thou shalt have big hair. — Rachel Gibson

I was looking for my ex-lover to break the Sixth Commandment. — Joshilyn Jackson

The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God. — James Cook

Commandment #1: Believe in yourself. Commandment #2: Get over yourself. — Kristan Higgins

My eleventh commandment is to make sure I follow the first ten. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice. — Learned Hand

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

The supreme commandment of the rich is 'Invest!' The supreme commandment of the rest of us is 'Buy!' The — Yuval Noah Harari

Let us start a new religion with one commandment, Enjoy thyself. — Israel Zangwill

Man mind yoursel is the first commandment. — James Hogg

Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never. — Walter Scott

Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth. — Herman Melville

Increase is God's blessing to us all and at the same time it is his commandment that we should increase — Sunday Adelaja

If loving God with all our heart and soul and might is the greatest commandment, then it follows that not loving Him that way is the greatest sin. — R.A. Torrey

The eleventh commandment of art: thou shalt not be boring. — W.M. Driscoll

13 Whoever j despises k the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be l rewarded. — Anonymous

We shall not kill and maybe next time we even won't. — William Faulkner

[T]o scorn the dictate of reason is to scorn the commandment of God (I-II,19,5). — Peter Kreeft

God created you for the first and greatest commandment, to be a lover of God. — Sam Storms

Love, in the words of the Master, is the shining commandment: LOVE ONE ANOTHER. — Wilferd Peterson

Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; 3. That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. — Anonymous

A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another. — Herman Melville

And, Kar, love is not a commandment, it is a need, as real as eating. — David Clement-Davies

Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, "know thyself," but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self. — Friedrich Nietzsche

All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment. — Richard Whately

Thou shalt not alter thy brother's consciousness without his consent. - The Second Commandment of Leary — Timothy Leary

The eleventh commandment of a motion picture negotiation: Thou shalt not take less than thy last deal. — John Gregory Dunne

I had broken the most basic commandment of our culture: Thou shalt pretend there is nothing wrong. — Derrick Jensen

Remember the 11th commandment. Thou shalt not take thyself to damn seriously. — Roy Mcconnell

[..] the great modern commandment - the eleventh commandment which has wiped out all the others: 'Thou shalt not lose thy job. — George Orwell

To them it was a holy crusade; not just a right, but a veritable duty, no less than an obeisance to God's commandment. — C.W. Lovatt

As human beings, our first commandment is:
Something needs to happen — Chuck Palahniuk

Wisdom gives us the understanding that God has given us commandments for our benefit. — Sunday Adelaja

The First Amendment contradicts the First Commandment. — Aron Ra

The leader's commandment is made up of pledges to solve local and global problems, and not to create more problems to add to the existing ones. — Israelmore Ayivor

You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice. — Vance Havner

Do not disdain the commandment to love, for through it you become a son of God, and when you break it, you become a son of Gehenna. — Maximus The Confessor

Parents are to be respected - it Is a commandment from God. — Monica Johnson