“One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.”
“How much easier my life would be if I did not love you! I thought. How much less painful, but how much plainer. How much less color there would be in the world.”
“The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.”
“When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our pain and that of others.”
“Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.”
“... It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring”