"Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer."

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"Sons, any man who is considered a success in life owes a lot to society. We have been very blessed, my dear sons. We have to show our appreciation to our society for making that possible. A time will come when you will meet other Kamerunians who share the same vision for this land. I am advising you to make them partners in our common goals when that time comes. We shouldn't shy away from playing a formidable role in financing that political force that shall emerge. We must use our influence to ensure that it succeeds."

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Duty, Society, Success, Responsibility

"Nobody is masterless, even ronin enslaved by his sword."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Duty, Truth, Power, Today, Regret

"But so long as I lived under a system of Government based on force and voluntarily partook of the many facilities and privileges it created for me, I was bound to help that Government to the extent of my ability when it was engaged in a war, unless I non-co-operated with the Government and renounced to the utmost of my capacity the privileges it offered me."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Duty, Government, Responsibility, Force

"There should ne'er be a timeWhen a duty or dimeDoth outshineThe importance of family."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Duty, Family, Truth, Power, Responsibility

"If you try to do that which is not 'our' duty [the Self's duty], it will create interference."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Duty, Truth, Wisdom, Spiritual, Power

"Thou shalt not stand idly by."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Duty, Stand, Idleness, Action, Obedience

"I came to the conclusion a while ago that there is nothing romantic or supernatural about loving someone: Love is the privilege of being responsible for another. It was, for a time, what kept me going: Each morning, for a little while, I got to feel the weight of the yoke on my back as I pulled the ancient cart of my species."

John Green, American Author

Duty, Responsibility, Love, Humanity

"People do not know what good deeds are. It is udaya karma,unfolding effects of past karma; that makes them do the deeds. The prakruti, the relative self, forces them to do them. What is your own thing [effort] in that? Doing good deeds; that too is mandatory (farajiyat)!"

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Duty, Action, Karma, Truth, Wisdom

"Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical."

John Fowles, English Novelist

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"The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Duty, Responsibility, Life, Spiritual

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"When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent."

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"I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am."

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"Happy the people whose annals are vacant."

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"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."

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"Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world."

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"Nobody is masterless, even ronin enslaved by his sword."

"There should ne'er be a timeWhen a duty or dimeDoth outshineThe importance of family."

"If you try to do that which is not 'our' duty [the Self's duty], it will create interference."

"Thou shalt not stand idly by."

"People do not know what good deeds are. It is udaya karma,unfolding effects of past karma; that makes them do the deeds. The prakruti, the relative self, forces them to do them. What is your own thing [effort] in that? Doing good deeds; that too is mandatory (farajiyat)!"

"Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical."

"The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls."

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"Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man."

"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see."

"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

"A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder."

"The true university of these days is a collection of books."

"When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent."

"I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am."

"Happy the people whose annals are vacant."

"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."

"Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world."