There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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Nature Actions have consequences

Author

Robert G. Ingersoll

Source

Some Reasons Why

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Ingersoll, Robert Green. "The Christian Religion." The North American Review, Aug. 1881.

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The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

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Language
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Pirsig, Robert M. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. William Morrow and Company, 1974.