#commands

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#ear #story #voice

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists. ↗

— Robert Greene

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If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly. ↗

— Angelina Grimke

#calls #commands #course #i #law

Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties. ↗

— Francis Herbert Hedge

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The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion. ↗

— Albrecht Durer

#chosen #commands #fulfill #god #his

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart. ↗

— Antoine Rivarol

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Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#far #fools #master #more #other

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#conduct #final #good #highest #law

I run in the path of your commands for you have set my heart free. ~Psalm 119:32 ↗

— Anonymous

#freedom #heart #path #run #set-free

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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