June 6

The evil that a person does not only deprives him of the true good by diminishing his soul, but it often returns in this world to the one who has committed it.

1

The evil in this world does not immediately bear fruit, but, like the earth, does so little by little and in its own time. And these fruits are terrible.

— Manusmriti

2

Do not do evil even to one’s enemies—that is the chief virtue. The one who thinks of killing another is certain to perish himself.

Do not do evil. Poverty cannot serve as a justification for evil. If you begin to do evil, you will become even poorer.

People can avoid the consequences of their enemies’ malice, but they will never avoid the consequences of their own sins. Their shadow will follow them wherever they go until it destroys them.

The one who does not want to be chased by sorrow must not do evil to another.

If a person loves himself, let him do no evil, no matter how small.

— The Kural

3

Just as it is certain that a stone thrown up into the air does not remain there but returns to earth, so too it is certain that your heart’s desires will be fulfilled according to your good and evil deeds, no matter the form they take and the world you find yourself in.

— Sinhalese Buddhist wisdom

4

An evil person is happy while his evil has not yet ripened; but when it is ripe, then the evil person gets to know evil. Evil returns to the one who commits it like dust thrown against the wind.

Neither in the sky, nor in the sea, nor in the depths of the mountains, nor in any place in the world can a person escape from his evil deed.

— The Dhammapada

5

A man that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well.

— Francis Bacon

It is just as dangerous to do evil as it is to tease a wild animal. In this world, most of the evil returns in the crudest form to the one who has committed it.