We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
We can only learn to love by loving.
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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.
Love can do much, but duty more.
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.
We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.
No human creature can give orders to love.
You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.
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