We Are What We Think

All that we are is the result of what we have thought:

we are formed and molded by our thoughts.

Those whose minds are shaped by selfish thoughts

cause misery when they speak or act.

Sorrows roll over them as the wheels of an cart 

roll over the tracks of the bullock that draws it.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought:

we are formed and molded by our thoughts.

Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts

give joy whenever they speak or act.

Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

                                                      ---The Dhammapada, verses 1 & 2---