Quote#Wisdom
Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births…
Quote byAnnie Besant · 1847–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Unclassified, Theosophical Review, Volume 17, p. 139.
English (original)
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 as firmly and as closely as that forged from our vices.
— Annie Besant
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