We are what we think, having become what we thought.
Like the wheel that follows the cart-pulling ox,
sorrow follows an evil thought.

We are what we think, having become what we thought.
Like the shadow that never leaves one,
happiness follows a pure thought.

Dhammapada

Klik hier voor de Nederlandse vertaling van deze eerste regels van de Dhammapada – uit het Pali –  van De Breet en Janssen.