All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts.

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought:
it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts.

If a man speak or act with an evil thought,
suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon….

If a man speak or act with a good thought,
happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.”

― Gautama Buddha, Dhammapada 1st verse

Vom Geist geführt die Dinge sind,
Vom Geist beherrscht, vom Geist gezeugt.
Wenn man verderbten Geistes spricht,
Verderbten Geistes Werke wirkt,
Dann folget einem Leiden nach
Gleichwie das Rad des Zugtiers Fuß.