Karma

Karma is the universal law of cause and effect. You reap what you sow. You get what you earn. You are what you eat. If you give love, you get love. Revenge returns itself upon the avenger. What goes around comes around. - Mary T. Browne

Karma is not fate, for man acts with free will, creating his own destiny. The Vedas tell us, if we sow goodness, we will reap goodness; if we sow evil, we will reap evil. Karma refers to the totality of our actions and their concomitant reactions in this and previous lives, all of which determines our future. - Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

The holistic doctrine of Karma gives us a reason for everything and everything for a reason. Karma, as a philosophy, maintains hope in the midst of hopelessness and provides us with the courage to continue our personal evolution. - John Mumford

When we cross the gates of death, our karma is all we take with us. Everything else that we enjoyed in this life we leave behind.... Our karma is the only thing that will count in determining our rebirth, for our next life is nothing but the effects of our karmic tendencies that materialize in our perception. - Tulku Thondup

You can't escape karma ... It is what it is. It doesn't judge, it's neither good nor bad like most people think. It's the result of all the actions, positive and negative – a constant balancing act of events – cause and effect – tit for tat – reaping and sowing – what goes around comes around ... However you phrase it, it's the same in the end. - Alyson Noel