“In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.”

“Other response, he said, I make thee not,Except the doing; for the modest askingOught to be followed by the deed in silence.”

“The thought manifests the word;The word manifests the deed;The deed develops into habit;And habit hardens into character;So watch the thought and its ways with care,And let them spring forth from loveBorn out of compassion for all beings.As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become.”

“Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.”

“Follow what may, great deeds are not lessened in worth.”

“There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. And where the thought is mighty and pure, the result is mighty and pure.”