“You are seeking your own will. You are seeking some good other than the law you are bound to obey. But how will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of the Invisible Throne, and flows by the path of obedience. I say, again, man cannot choose his duties. You may choose to forsake your duties, and choose not to have the sorrow they bring. But you will go forth; and what will you find? Sorrow without duty – bitter herbs, and no bread with them.”
GEORGE ELIOT [Pen-name of Mary Ann Evans]
“The performance of a duty is never a useless office, though we may not see the consequences or they may be quite different from what we expected or calculated on.”
Mrs. GASKELL
“He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.”
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