commanded

Meaning

of Command

Synonyms

Antonyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. Aristotle

We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart. John Chrysostom

NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient. Ambrose Bierce

Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all. Benjamin Tucker

The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set up, but in people's hearts ... his people were his temple, and he dwelt in them. George Fox

Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed; and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule. Francis Bacon