108 Karma Quotes

108 Karma Quotes and Thoughts on Karma

By Shankar

Karma, what exactly is it? Living here in the United States the concept of Karma is relatively unfamiliar. Yes everyone has heard of karma, but do we really know what it is or means? Generally it means you get what you deserve.

That can be from this life and for those who believe in multiple births and lives it may mean karma from other past lives bringing good or bad Karma into this life for an individual. More people in the world believe in karma than do not. Unfortunately, for those of us who live here, most people in the United States of America do not.

However, if you are one of those who believe that the only people who believe in the principles of karma and reincarnation live in the East, below are some quotes from famous Westerners mixed in from those of the East to show that some in this part of the world are believers in karma.

Working as I do with a wonderful person from the East (India) I have come to know much more about karma than I ever imagined. Fortunately my guru friend is sharing her knowledge about some of the ways of the East, and karma is high on the list. After all, many, if not most Easterners, believe very firmly in the concepts of reincarnation or multiple births, and karma.

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108 Karma Quotes

1. …as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that. ~ William James




2. A ‘karma-yogi’ who takes a resolve and work accordingly, without bothering about ‘success’ or ‘failure’, will eventually reach his goal.~ Sam Veda




3. A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. ~ Chanakya




4. A person may desire to live for hundreds of years if he works according to this truth because that sort of work will not bind him to the law of karma. And there is no alternative to this way for man ~ Sri Ishopanishad Mantra Two




5. A person who performs good Karma (deeds) is always held in high esteem. ~ Rig Veda




6. A person whose all works are free from selfish desires and motives, and whose all Karma is burned up in the fire of Self-knowledge, is called a sage by the wise. ~ Bhagavad Gita




7. A real ‘karma-yogi’, who first acquires knowledge and then works for the welfare of people, quite naturally becomes popular and famous. There is no enemy of such a man but even if there are, he is able to vanquish them. His popularity in the society increases on account of his successes and good deeds. ~ Sam Veda




8. According to the karma of past actions, one’s destiny unfolds, even though everyone wants to be so lucky. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




9. According to the Lord’s Command, people perform their actions; they wander around, driven by the karma of their past actions. By the Lord’s Command, they behold the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




10. According to their pre-ordained destiny, they act out their karma. Serving the True Guru, a lasting peace is found. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




11. As long as karma exists, the world changes. There will always be karma to be taken care of. ~ Nina Hagen







In Hinduism – Karma as action and reaction: if we sow goodness, we will reap goodness. Image by Anantashakti, License CC-SA-2.5.

12. As no cause remains without its due effect from greatest to least, from a cosmic disturbance down to the movement of your hand, and as like produces like, Karma is that unseen and unknown law which adjusts wisely, intelligently, and equitably each effect to its cause, tracing the latter back to its producer. ~ Helena Blavatsky (Key to Theosophy)




13. As she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma. ~Sri Guru Granth Sahib




14. As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes. ~ Bhagavad Gita




15. Be wary of those who deny the existence of karma. They’re usually wishful thinking. ~ Amber Limbaugh L




16. Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene, and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our own will can fetter us. Once let men recognize this truth, and the hour of their liberation has struck. Nature cannot enslave the soul that by wisdom has gained power and uses both in love. ~ Annie Besant




17. Born because of the karma of their past mistakes, they make more mistakes, and fall into mistakes. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




18. By the karma of good actions, some come to serve the Perfect Guru. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




19. By this attitude of complete renunciation you shall be freed from the bondage, good and bad, of Karma. You shall be liberated, and come to Me. ~ Bhagavad Gita




20. Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. ~ Albert Schweitzer




21. Contrary to popular misconception, karma has nothing to do with punishment and reward. It exists as part of our holographic universe’s binary or dualistic operating system only to teach us responsibility for our creations-and all things we experience are our creations. ~ Sol Luckman




22. Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion. ~ Tenzin Gyatso




23. Everyone is engaged in action. The law of karma means that there are reactions to every action and that a person must endure the reactions to his actions. ~ Siddhaswarupananda “Sayings”




24. For the successful accomplishment of any work one needs sharp intellect and the will to perform relentless Karma. ~ Rig Veda




25. Guru alone does such deeds, who has such pre-ordained karma ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




26. Hatred and anger leads to unhappiness, pain and misery. So, one should always be soft-spoken and all ‘karma-yogis’ should tread on the path of righteousness. ~ Yajur Veda




27. Having enjoyed the wide world of heavenly sense pleasures they return to the mortal world upon exhaustion of their good Karma. ~ Bhagavad Gita




28. Help me, Lord, to escape from the disgrace. I have worked my Karma; I have lived out my sentence . ~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba




29. His efforts has made load of my karma been removed, and I am now free of karma. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib







This image four movements to four destinies of the soul as per the Jain theory of Karma

30. How is one bound, and how is one freed of his bonds? How can one escape from the cycle of coming and going in reincarnation? Who is subject to karma, and who is beyond karma? Who chants the Name, and inspires others to chant it? ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




31. How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~ Wayne Dyer




32. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~ Anne Frank




33. Human beings perform good karma (deeds) in order to attain success. (Quote by – Rig Veda




34. I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well. ~ Yannick Noah




35. I never kill insects. If I see ants or spiders in the room, I pick them up and take them outside. Karma is everything. ~ Holly Valance




36. I would never disrespect any man, woman, chick or child out there. We’re all the same. What goes around comes around, and karma kicks us all in the butt in the end of the day. ~ Angie Stone




37. If a householder moulds himself according to the circumstances just like nature moulds Herself according to seasons and performs his Karma then only shall he acquire happiness. ~ Rig Veda




38. If the karma of man has brought him nothing more than a capacity to love, then he has not lived in vain for a thousand past lives. It is this love which makes the most humble of Souls so great that it lifts him beyond all life into the worlds of God. ~ Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad (Eckankar: Book 2)




39. If you place complete faith in the Lord at all times, you will receive His Grace. Grace takes away the pain of Karma. The Lord can save man completely from Karma. ~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba




40. I’m a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good. ~ Sandra Bullock




41. I’m also married for the first time, and I have two kids. So there’s some kind of good karma right now. ~ Lindsey Buckingham




42. In America, karma is best expressed in popular phrases like, “what goes around, comes around” and “what you sow, you will reap.” Karma has also been referred to as having a “boomerang effect” where the thoughts and actions that you send out into the world turn around and come back at you… Jesus says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Karma goes a step further and dictates that “What you do unto others will come back to you.” I think Jesus and the Hindus really had the same idea. Think about that the next time you want to say or do something nasty to someone else! ~ Carmen Harra (Everyday Karma)




43. In Karma-yoga no effort is ever lost, and there is no harm. Even a little practice of this discipline protects one from great fear [of birth and death]. ~ Bhagavad Gita





44. In order to achieve good result, a pious-objective is determined first and then followed by good Karma for its accomplishment. ~ Rig Veda




45. It is in the best interest of a man to become a Karma-Yogi and work to the best of his abilities and without bothering about the results. ~ Sam Veda




46. It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they must have hurt a child in a past life. ~ Mary Garden




47. Just as an age was ready to receive the Copernican theory of the universe, so is our own age ready for the ideas of reincarnation and karma to be brought into the general consciousness of humanity. And what is destined to happen in the course of evolution will happen no matter what powers rise up against it. ~ Rudolf Steiner




48. Karma applies itself in the most exacting and clever of ways. If we deprived another human being of freedom in a previous life, we’d have our freedom curtailed in this life. This experience would give us time to… learn the Law of Love. ~ Eckankar: Ancient Wisdom for Today




49. Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, and the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds us as firmly and as closely as that forged from our vices. ~ Annie Besant




50. Karma differs from fate or destiny because it encourages us to take an active role in life. The Law of Karma requires the seeker to follow the highest code of ethics. ~ Eckankar: Ancient Wisdom for Today




51. Karma does not bind one who has renounced work. ~ Bhagavad Gita




52. 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. ~ Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Dancing With Siva)




53. Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them. ~ Rick Springfield




54. Karma is the universal law of cause and effect. You reap what you sow. You get what you earn… If you give love, you get love. Revenge returns itself upon the avenger. What goes around comes around… Karma is justice. It does not reward or punish. It shows no favoritism because we have to earn all that we receive. Karma doesn’t predestine anyone or anything. We create our own causes, and karma adjusts the effects with perfect balance. ~ Mary T. Browne (The Power of Karma)




55. 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




56. Karma, ahhh. We sow what we reap… We reap what we sow! We reap what we sow. The law of cause and effect. And we are all under this law. ~ Nina Hagen




57. Karma: What goes around comes around. – Anonymous




58. Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed.~ Bhagavad Gita




59. Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana. ~ Vinoba Bhave




60. Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don’t even notice it. ~ Sakyong Mipham




61. Love conquers everything even karma. ~ Mettrie L




62. Many people think there’s nothing they can do to change their karma – it’s preordained so why bother trying to change their situation? This is what scares people. These folks think that to accept the reality of karma one must be passive. It simply isn’t true. Karma is active. We can – in the blink of an eye – make decisions that will shape our futures and transform the parts of our lives that are causing us unhappiness. ~ Mary T. Browne (The Power of Karma)




63. Meditate and listen to the Name of the Lord, and give it to everyone. In this way, the filth of lifetimes of karma shall be removed, and egotistical pride shall vanish from your mind. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




64. My karma ran over your dogma. ~ Author Unknown




65. No one becomes a Karma-yogi who has not renounced the selfish motive behind an action. ~ Bhagavad Gita




66. Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma. ~ Bodhidharma




67. One has to reap the fruits of his karma. The law of karma is inevitable and is accepted by all the great philosophies of the world: ‘As you sow, so shall you reap.’ ~ Rama (Living with the Himalayan Masters)




68. One should, perform karma with nonchalance without expecting the benefits because sooner or later one shall definitely gets the fruits. ~ Rig Veda




69. Only the person having firm conviction and iron volition can attain strength and energy. At no stage of Karma does he ever hesitate. ~ Rig Veda




70. People accept only that person as their leader who is radiant with good knowledge and karma deeds. ~ Rig Veda




71. People are entangled in the enjoyment of fine clothes, but gold and silver are only dust. They acquire beautiful horses and elephants, and ornate carriages of many kinds. They think of nothing else, and they forget all their relatives. They ignore their Creator; without the Name, they are impure. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




72. Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us. ~ Bodhidharma




73. Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in loving kindness and patience or hold resentful malicious thoughts… What we do to our fellow man we do to our Maker… our karma or problem is within self. ~ Edgar Cayce




74. Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception. ~ Bohidharma




75. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched… but are felt in the heart. ~ Helen Keller




76. The conscious process is reflected in the imagination; the unconscious process is expressed as karma, the generation of actions divorced from thinking and alienated from feeling. ~ William Irwin Thompson




77. The cool thing about free will is that even if one has a huge bag of karma there is still a lot of free will for all those souls coming into the world. ~ Kuan Yin




78. The karma yogi puts efforts and naturally gets the fruits although he does not expect them. ~ Rig Veda





79. The law of karma is neither fatalistic nor punitive; nor is man a hapless, helpless victim in its bonds. God has blessed each one of us with reason, intellect and discrimination, as well as the sovereign free will. Even when our past karma inclines us toward evil, we can consciously tune our inclination towards detachment and ego-free action, thus lightening the karmic load… When we begin to understand the concept of Karma we will never ever blame God for anything that happens to us. We will realise that we are responsible for all that happens to us. As we sow, so shall we reap. Rich or poor, saint or sinner, miser or philanthropist, learned or illiterate… This is the Universal Law that applies to individuals, to whole communities, societies, nations and races. As we sow, so shall we reap. ~ J. P. Vaswani (About Karma)




80. The law of karma is the principle of cosmic justice that holds that all good actions will be rewarded and that all wicked actions will be punished. Sometime. Somehow. Somewhere. ~ Chanju Mun (Buddhism and Peace)




81. The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt. ~ Frederick Buechner




82. The person desirous of success and strength should perform good karma continuously. ~ Rig Veda




83. The person who is basically evil by nature will always be averse to virtuous deeds. He is always engaged in bad karma. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




84. The person whose mind is always free from attachment, who has subdued the mind and senses, and who is free from desires, attains the supreme perfection of freedom from Karma through renunciation. ~ Bhagavad Gita




85. The real happiness of life is in doing ‘karma’. ~ Rig Veda




86. There are the waves and there is the wind, seen and unseen forces. Everyone has these same elements in their lives, the seen and unseen, karma and free will. ~ Kuan Yin




87. There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else. ~ Peyton Conway March




88. Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord. O Nanak, they make the Guru their spiritual teacher. In the fourth watch of the early morning hours, a longing arises in their higher consciousness. They are attuned to the river of life; the True Name is in their minds and on their lips. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




89. Those who “commit all sorts of evil deeds, claim karma does not exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil is not wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception. ~ Bohidharma




90. Those who act in ego do not go beyond karma. It is only by Guru’s Grace that one is rid of ego. ~




91. Those who were pre-ordained to have no good karma at all – gazing into the lamp of emotional attachment, they are burnt, like moths in a flame. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




92. Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same. ~ Vinoba Bhave




93. Through the perfect karma of good deeds, one meets the Perfect Guru, whose speech is perfect. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




94. To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings. ~ Bodhidharma




95. Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. ~ Unknown




96. What you do not wish to do out of delusion; you shall do even that against your will, bound by your own nature-born Karma, O Arjuna. ~ Bhagavad Gita







Lady Giving Alms – Do good and good will come to you.

97. Whatever pleases You is a pure action of karma. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




98. When good karma dawns, the wall of doubt is torn down. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




99. When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it’s because of karma, some past connection. ~ Richard Gere




100. When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel. ~ Harold Kushner
101. Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior. ~ Stanislav Grof




102. Why shall he perform bad Karma who has been properly nurtured for many a thousand months and years? ~ Rig Veda




103. Without the karma of good deeds, they are only destroying themselves. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib




104. Work done with selfish motives is inferior by far to the selfless service or Karma-yoga. Therefore be a Karma-yogi, O Arjuna. Those who seek [to enjoy] the fruits of their work are verily unhappy [because one has no control over the results]. ~ Bhagavad Gita




105. Worthless people blame their karma. ~ Burmese Proverb




106. You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson




107. You must acknowledge and experience this part of the universe. Karma is intricate, too vast. You would, with your limited human senses, consider it too unfair. But you have tools to really, truly love. Loving the children is very important. But love everyone as you would love your children. ~ Kuan Yin




108. You unite me with Yourself, O True God. Through perfect good karma You are obtained. ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Food for thought

Your believing or not believing in karma has no effect on its existence, nor on its consequences to you. Just as a refusal to believe in the ocean would not prevent you from drowning. ~ F. Paul Wilson (The Tomb)

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