OUT OF THEM HE FASHIONS THE MIGHTY STREAM OF TENDENCY CALLED CHARACTER AND THROWS IT OUTWARDS

Karma in its effect on character is the most tremendous power that man has to deal with. Man is, as it were, a centre, and is attracting all the powers of the universe towards himself, and in this centre is fusing them all and again sending them off in a big current. Such a centre is the real man, the almighty, the omniscient, and he draws the whole universe towards him; good and bad, misery and happiness, all are running towards him and clinging round him; and out of them he fashions the mighty stream of tendency called character and throws it outwards. As he has the power of drawing in anything, so has he the power of throwing it out.

- Swami Vivekananda
Karma in its effect on character.