“The law of Karma is inexorable and impossible of evasion. There is thus hardly any need for God to interfere. He laid down the law and, as it were, retired.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: Gandhi, An Autobiography (Experiments with Truth); reflection on the law of Karma (trailing 'After' is a scan artifact).
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Picture a system where consequences arrive on their own, with no referee stepping in to enforce them. The pull of this view is practical: it puts the weight on what you do now, since nothing later erases the result of a careless or a generous act.
When to use it
- A cyclist who skips maintenance for months finally pays for it with a breakdown miles from home.
- Years of small kindnesses at the office quietly build the goodwill a manager leans on in a crisis.
- A student who crams instead of studying steadily finds the gaps surface on their own by exam day.