Noun
cause and effect (usually uncountable, plural causes and effects)
Causation; causality; the process whereby causes lead to effects.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Logic is a poor model of cause and effect. Gregory Bateson
Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between cause and effect. Jean de La Bruyère
The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free. Swami Vivekananda
If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect. Leo Tolstoy
The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis. Douglas Adams