In Indian philosophy and religion, Karma is a key spiritual belief centering around cause and effect. The general premise is that when you do good things and put out good into the universe, the same good will return to you. 

Meanwhile, if you do harm, bad things will come back upon you. While it may sound easy to only show kindness and goodness to others, it isn’t always as simple as it seems. That’s why we often need a reminder to help us begin each day with a positive and generous mindset. 

With this in mind, these karma quotes will help you to start every day on the right foot, feeling grateful, optimistic, and joyful about the world around us. These Buddha quotes will help you to give you the inspiration you need to live your very best life and reap the rewards in the future. 

Classic Karma Quotes 

There are countless quotes everywhere. We’ve all heard them. “Do to others what you’d have them do unto you” and “what goes around comes around” are just two of the most commonly heard. 

Over the generations, people around the globe have found their own ways of talking about cosmic justice which says people will always get what they deserve, whether it be bad or good. Many people believing in this way of thinking call it karma but they may not know where the word originates.

In fact, the term “karma” originates from Buddhist and Hindu practices. It specifically refers to how somebody’s actions both in this life and in previous existences will dictate their fate when they arrive in their future lives. Instead of simply being a revengeful act, it encourages individuals to take more responsibility for the actions they take and to accept and, indeed, expect the consequences. 

Whether secular or religious, karma is a difficult to define thing that falls into the category of “you’ll know it if you see it.” Yet, many people try to harness its power through the use of attraction spells and other magical practices to make positive differences in this lifetime. They hope that by using spiritual metaphysics, they can change their lives for the better without having to wait until their future incarnation. 

There are great Buddha quotes from a variety of sources. Some are from religious texts such as the Bible while others were said by great thinkers and religious figures and still others are quotes from well-known figures from everyday life. Below, we’ll outline just a few of the best.

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General Karma Quotes 

The Dalai Lama – “Live a good and honourable life then when you’re older, you can look back and enjoy it a second time.” 

Daisaku Ikeda – “It’s impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.” 

Keanu Reeves – “When you truly understand karma, then you realise you’re responsible for everything in your life.”

Drishti Bablani – “The universe doesn’t carry debts. It always returns back to you what you gave it.” 

Leonardo da Vinci – “Realise that everything connects to everything else.” 

James Baldwin – “People pay for what they do and still more, for what they’ve allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply by the lives they lead.”

Wayne Dyer – “How people treat you is their karma. How you react is yours.”

Jim Butcher – “Sometimes you get what’s coming around and sometimes you are what’s coming around.” 

H Raven Rose – “This is your karma. You don’t understand now but you’ll understand later.”

Alexandra Katehakis – “If your actions were to boomerang back on you instantly, would you still act the same?”

Unknown – “Nobody deserves misery but sometimes it’s just your turn.” 

Relationship Karma Quotes 

Many people believe that what we put into our relationships is what we’ll get back out of them. The nicer we are to people, the nicer they’ll be to us in return – at least, that is the theory. This is never more so than in the closest of our relationships – those with our partners, our parents, our siblings, and our children. These relationship quotes help to put a better perspective on this aspect of life. 

Terry Mark – “Most times, how you treat your children is how they grow up to treat you.” 

Unknown – “The more love you give away, the more you’ll receive.” 

Haruki Murakami – “Even chance meetings are the result of karma. Things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there’s no such thing as coincidence.”

Jaya Sati Bhagavati – “When you plant a seed of love, it’s you that blossoms.”

Elizabeth Gilbert – “When the karma of a relationship is done, only love remains. Let go, it’s safe.”

Reaping What You Sow

Kin Hubbard – “Men aren’t punished for their sins but by them.” 

The Buddha – “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.” 

Unknown – “Karma is getting what you deserve and deserving what you get.” 

Efrat Cybulkiewicz – “Karma is extremely efficient if one is extremely patient.”

David Mitchell – “By each crime and every kindness we birth our future.”

Unknown – “It’s called karma and it’s pronounced ha ha.” 

Mary T Brown – “Karma is justice. It doesn’t reward or punish because we have to earn all that we receive.”

Katie McGarry – “I must have killed a lot of cows in a past life for karma to hate me this much.”

Karma And Revenge

Kurt Cobain – “If you’re really a mean person you’re going to come back as a fly and eat poop.” 

Ericka Williams – “You can’t do harm to someone because someone has done harm to you. You’ll pay just like they will.” 

Robert Louis Stevenson – “That game of consequences to which we all sit down, the hanger-back not least.” 

Unknown – “When karma comes back to punch you in the face I want to be there. Just in case it needs help.”

Susan Colasanti – “I want revenge, but I don’t want to screw up my karma.”

Karen Salmansohn- “Often when someone hurts you they aren’t hurting you because you’re you. They’re hurting you because they’re them.” 

Unknown – “Karma is like a rubber band. You can only stretch it so far before it comes back and smacks you in the face.” 

M. R. Mathias – “Karma is a tricky thing. To serve karma one must repay good karma to others. To serve karma well, one must sometimes deliver bad karma where it’s due.”

Unknown – “You might have burnt me with your lies, but karma is about to set you on fire.”

Is Kindness The Ultimate Form Of Karma?

It’s important to remember that if you want more kindness in your life, you have to give more kindness to others in return. These quotes help you to remember this when you’re struggling at the most difficult times in your life when you find it extra difficult to be kind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson – “You can’t do a kindness too soon for you never know how soon it’ll be too late.” 

Holly Valance – “I never kill insects. If I see ants or spiders in the room I pick them up and take them outside. Karma is everything.”

Garon Whited – “Show a little faith in someone when they need it. It’s amazing how it comes back around to you.” 

Harold Kushner – “When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It’s as though something inside your body responds and says ‘yes, this is how I ought to feel.’”

Epictetus – “In the long run every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no one, indignant with no one, revile no one, blame no one, offend no one, hate no one.”

The Buddha – “If you truly loved yourself you could never hurt another.” 

The Bhagavad Gita – “The meaning of karma is in the intention. The intention behind action is what matters.” 

Russell Simmons – “If you give a good thing to the world, then over time your karma will be good, and you’ll receive good.”

Working With Your Karma

Whether you believe in karma or not, there’s no doubt that if you have a positive outlook and mindset, you’re more likely to have positive experiences in your life. The nicer you are to others, the nicer they’ll be to you, and the meaner you are to other people, the more hate you’ll receive back. 

With that in mind, it makes sense to approach life with respect for what goes around comes around, and to always think before acting to check whether there is likely to be a negative consequence at some future time for the thing that you’re about to do. Work with your karma, not against it, and you’ll enjoy a happier and more fulfilled life this time around.