Goodness repays slowly through gentle people while wrongness punishes quickly

Evidence

‘When you do good, the universe takes a long time to repay.When you do wrong, the universe takes a short time to punish.This is not because the universe is unfair.It is because good is repaid by other good people,who are slow and gentle.Wrong is repaid by other wrong people,who are fast and harsh.Wait for the slow gentle repayment.Do not seek the fast harsh one.’ — , A Year of World Stories, 4219

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the pattern of slow vs. fast returns in patience/compound-effects literature and to the book’s earlier theme of slow gentle repayment versus fast harsh punishment. — connects to: Small kindnesses toward the helpless may yield great returns — , A Year of World Stories, 7706; The kindness-rewarded, greed-punished tale recur in nearly every human culture independently — , A Year of World Stories, 9258; One act of kindness toward a humble creature can change a god’s destiny — , A Year of World Stories, 8261 (+1 more)

Related

• Small kindnesses toward the helpless may yield great returns (similarity 0.83)
• One act of kindness toward a humble creature can change a god’s destiny (similarity 0.81)
• The kindness-rewarded, greed-punished tale recur in nearly every human culture independently (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• One act of kindness toward a humble creature can change a god’s destiny #exemplifies (0.60) — , A Year of World Stories, 8261
• The kindness-rewarded, greed-punished tale recur in nearly every human culture independently #corroborates (0.55) — , A Year of World Stories, 9258
• Small kindnesses toward the helpless may yield great returns #corroborates (0.50) — , A Year of World Stories, 7706