I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.
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Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it.
Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for being the son of two people who got murdered. I didn't cause their murder. But if I'm suffering because of it, it's my karma that I have manifested in this lifetime in this particular set of circumstances.
Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
Responsible choice involves consequences, not the least of which are relinquishments all along our way.
There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.
You can forgive somebody and still believe they need a consequence.
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