For every force there is a counterforce. Wherever an army is stationed, briars and thorns grow up.
If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.
Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine meditation.
Every act rewards itself, or, in other words, integrates itself, in a twofold manner: first in the thing done, and secondly in the doer.
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
He who sows the seeds of thorns in the spring must not expect to harvest grapes in autumn.
The moment you become aware of the watcher, you have stepped outside the wheel of karma.
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