Home > Topic > commanded
81 " To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' "
82 " Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless. "
83 " God made and governs the world invisibly, and has commanded us to love and worship him and no other God; to honor our parents and masters, and love our neighbours as ourselves; and to be temperate, just, and peaceable, and to be merciful even to brute beasts. "
84 " I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. "
85 " God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith, increased transgressions, and shut the mouths of all humans because no one has performed the righteousness of the Law so as not to need a substitute. "
86 " Trust cannot be commanded and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust. "
87 " On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt. "