Karma a Sanskrit word meaning “action” or “deed”, is one of the most powerful spiritual and philosophical concepts in Indian traditions. It teaches that our actions, whether good or bad, create future consequences. In simple terms: what you give, you get back.
What Is Karma?
Karma is the law of cause and effect. Every thought, word, and action plants a seed that eventually bears fruit. It’s not punishment or reward, it’s the natural return of energy.
- “What goes around comes around.” – Anonymous
- “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.” – Wayne Dyer
- “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” – Galatians 6:7
- “Even chance meetings are the result of karma… Things in life are fated by our previous lives.” – Haruki Murakami
- “Live a good and honorable life. Then when you are older, you can look back and enjoy it a second time.” – Dalai Lama
- “Karma has no menu. You get served what you deserve.” – Anonymous
- “Treat other people’s homes as you want them to respect yours because what goes around comes around.” – Ana Monnar
- “People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become.” – Edith Wharton
- “You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions.” – Bhagavad Gita 2.47
- “The doer of good never comes to grief.” – Bhagavad Gita
- “As you sow, so shall you reap.” – Ancient Indian Proverb
- “He who does good never falls into evil.” – Bhagavad Gita
- “Perform your duty with a mind established in the Divine, renouncing all attachments and balanced in success and failure.” – Gita 2.48
- “Actions do not bind the one who has renounced the fruits of action.” – Gita 4.20
- “A man must elevate, not degrade himself. He is his own best friend and worst enemy.” – Gita 6.5
- “The universe does not carry debts. It always balances the scales.” – Anonymous
- “You cannot do harm to someone because someone has done harm to you. You will pay just like they will.” – Ericka Williams
- “Karma is justice. It does not reward or punish, it shows no anger, only mirrors the energy of our actions.” – Anonymous
- “Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.” – Elbert Hubbard
- “Everything you do comes back to you. So think before you speak. Think before you act.” – Anonymous
- “It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.” – Molière
- “Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results.” – Sakyong Mipham
- “Your karma is in your thoughts, not just your deeds.” – Anonymous
- “Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” – Edwin Hubbel Chapin
- “The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time.” – Ben Okri
- “Karma never loses an address.”
- “Karma has no deadline.”
- “The energy you put out comes back to you.”
- “Karma sees what you do, not what you say.”
- “Plant kindness, harvest love.”
- “Do good and good will follow you.”
- “If you focus on hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.”
- “Send out love and it comes back multiplied.”
- “You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choice.”
- “The best revenge is no revenge. Move on and let karma do the work.”
Karma reminds us that we are creators of our destiny through our choices, intentions, and behaviour. Every moment is an opportunity to act with integrity, compassion, and awareness.
What you do to others, you ultimately do to yourself.
