[00:05.23]077. You Are What You Do [00:11.23]If the past has taught us anything, it is that every cause brings effect - every action has a consequence. [00:19.30]This thought, in my opinion, is the moral foundation of the universe; it applies equally in this world and the next. [00:27.12]We Chinese have a saying: “If a man plants melons, he will reap melons; if he sows beans, he will reap beans.” [00:37.02]And this is true of every man’s life: good begets good, and evil leads to evil. [00:43.93]True enough, the sun shines on the saint and sinner alike, and too often it seems that the wicked wax and prosper. [00:53.02]But we can say with certitude that, with the individual as with the nation, [00:58.31]the flourishing of the wicked is an illusion, for, unceasingly, life keeps books on us all. [01:06.20]In the end, we are all the sum total of our actions. Character cannot be counterfeited, [01:12.39]nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to meet the whim of the moment. [01:17.66]Like the markings on wood which are ingrained in the very heart of the tree, [01:22.62]character requires time and nurture for growth and development. [01:27.45]Thus also, day by day, we write our own destiny, for inexorably we become what we do. [01:35.29]This, I believe, is the supreme logic and the law of life.

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