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So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. — Jesus · 60Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. — Jesus · 60You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. — Jesus · 60Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. — Jesus · 60Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. — Jesus · 60Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. — Jesus · 60All 24 quotes →God15 quotes
Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. — God · 1405 BCThou shalt not steal. — God · 1405 BCThou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. — God · 1405 BCThou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. — God · 1405 BCAnd the swine…is unclean to you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you. — God · 1405 BCPut off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. — God · 1405 BCAll 15 quotes →Apostle Paul8 quotes
You must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." — Apostle Paul · 62In every thing give thanks. — Apostle Paul · 51By love serve one another. — Apostle Paul · 50No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor. — Apostle Paul · 55Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. — Apostle Paul · 55Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! — Apostle Paul · 62All 8 quotes →Blake2 quotes
Put that coffee down! Coffee's for closers only. — Blake · 1992Because only one thing counts in this life. Get them to sign on the line which is dotted. — Blake · 1992Hillel the Elder2 quotes
What is hateful to you do not to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary. — Hillel the Elder · 10Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure. — Hillel the Elder · 10Muhammad2 quotes
Perform the prayer
at the sinking of the sun to the darkening of the night
and the recital of dawn. — Muhammad · 632Do not veil the truth with vanity, nor conceal the truth wittingly. — Muhammad · 632Walt Whitman2 quotes
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God. — Walt Whitman · 1855Always vote. — Walt Whitman · 1871Angel1 quote
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees. — Angel · 90Anna Laetitia Barbauld1 quote
Yes, injured Woman! rise, assert thy right! — Anna Laetitia Barbauld · 1825Attar1 quote
Take your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human! — Attar · 2001Ayatollah Khomeini1 quote
I would like to inform all the intrepid Muslims in the world that the author of the book entitled The Satanic Verses, which has been compiled, printed and published in opposition to Islam, the Prophet and the Qur'an, as well as those publishers who were aware of its contents, have been declared madhur el dam-those whose blood must be shed. I call on all zealous Muslims to execute them quickly, wherever they find them, so that noone will dare to insult Islam again. Whoever is killed in this path will be regarded as a martyr. — Ayatollah Khomeini · 1989Carole1 quote
Take me to bed, or lose me forever. — Carole · 1986Charles Dickens1 quote
Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces,—and as it gets older and stronger it will tear deeper,—love her, love her, love her! — Charles Dickens · 1861Civilian1 quote
Terminate...with extreme prejudice. — Civilian · 1979Dante Alighieri1 quote
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321David1 quote
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. — David · 430 BCEdgar Allan Poe1 quote
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form
from off my door!
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." — Edgar Allan Poe · 1845Hermann Goring1 quote
I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... A total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence. — Hermann Goring · 1941Isaiah1 quote
Set thine house in order. — Isaiah · 538 BCJames Joyce1 quote
Shut your eyes and see. — James Joyce · 1922John the Baptist1 quote
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand! — John the Baptist · 60Johnny1 quote
Keep the change, ya filthy animal! — Johnny · 1990Lewis Carroll1 quote
Begin at the beginning...and go on till you come to the end: then stop. — Lewis Carroll · 1865Marcus Aurelius1 quote
If not becoming, don’t do it. If not true, don’t say it. Let these be your fixed principles. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Mike Ehrmantraut1 quote
Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace. — Mike Ehrmantraut · 2012Rod Tidwell1 quote
Show me the money! — Rod Tidwell · 1996Ronald Reagan1 quote
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! — Ronald Reagan · 1987Rusty Ryan1 quote
You look down, they know you're lying and up, they know you don't know the truth. Don't use seven words when four will do. Don't shift your weight, look always at your mark but don't stare, be specific but not memorable, be funny but don't make him laugh. He's got to like you then forget you the moment you've left his side. — Rusty Ryan · 2001Salvador Dali1 quote
Take me, I am the drug. — Salvador Dali · 1970Sidney Godolphin1 quote
Or love me less, or love me more
And play not with my liberty;
Either take all, or all restore,
Bind me at least, or set me free. — Sidney Godolphin · 1643