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