 | American essays - 1894 - 1020 pages
...book begins analytically by establishing the kingdom of thought. It lays down the following : — " All that we are is the result of what we have thought...follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. " ' He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me,' — in those who harbor such thoughts... | |
 | Buddhaghosa - Tipiṭaka - 1870 - 392 pages
...Mind precedes action, which, if not wrong, is at all events wrongly expressed; while Professor Weber's rendering, "Die Pflichten aus dem Herz folgern," is..."He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me,"—hatred in those who harbour such thoughts will never cease. 4. "He abused me, he beat me, he... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Buddhism - 1872 - 338 pages
...an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of him who draws the carriage. • 2. All that we are is the result of what we have thought...follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. (1.) " Dharma," though clear in its meaning, is difficult to translate. It has different meanings in... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - Religious literature - 1872 - 408 pages
...with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of him who draws the carriage. All that we are is the result of what we have thought...follows him like a shadow /that never leaves him. As a fetch er makes straight his arrow, a wise man makes straight his trembling and unsteady thought,... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - Religious literature - 1872 - 416 pages
...with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of him who draws the carriage. All that we are is the result of what we have thought...happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him. As a fetcher makes straight his arrow, a wise man makes straight his trembling and unsteady thought,... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - Oriental literature - 1874 - 706 pages
...temperament of the discourse, may be true, yet it is difficult to admit his pretensions. CCVH. Thought. All that we are is the result of what we have thought...thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that 1 -I • Burmese. never leaves him. 'He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he coirm robbed me,'... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Buddhism - 1874 - 316 pages
...with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of him who draws the carriage. 2. All that we are is the result of what we have thought:...acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like & shadow that never leaves him. (1.) "Dharma," though clear in its meaning, is difficult to translate.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Spiritualism - 1880 - 408 pages
...an evil thought," says Buddha, "pain follows him as the wheel follows the foot of him who draws it. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness...follows him like a shadow that never leaves him." To drive out bad thoughts by good, error by truth, arid to give our best, most unbiased thinking to... | |
 | Theology - 1880 - 818 pages
...pain follows as the wheel follows the foot of him who draws the carriage." And, on the other hand, " If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness...follows him like a shadow that never leaves him." Suffering may not immediately succeed misconduct, nor happiness virtue ; but these results are pronounced... | |
 | Similitudes, B. S. - Quotations, English - 1882 - 136 pages
...fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. Holmes. IF a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows like a shadow that never leaves him. THE mind suffers from want of relaxation, as the bow which is... | |
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage. 
