Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

1: The Chapter about the Pairs – 17
The reward of good deeds
Maṭṭhakuṇḍali, the son of a miser, died after paying his
respects to the Buddha and was reborn in Heaven; later he
came and showed his father the reward of good deeds, and his
father was converted; the Buddha explained the matter with
this verse.
2. Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā,
manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā,
tato naṁ sukham-anveti chāyā va anapāyinī.
Mind precedes thoughts, mind is their chief,
their quality is made by mind,
if with pure mind one speaks or acts
through that happiness follows one
like shadow which does not depart.