Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.
ZOROASTERTruth is best (of all that is) good. As desired, what is being desired is truth for him who (represents) the best truth. (Gathas 27.14)
More Zoroaster Quotes
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When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.
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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise.
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War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfotunate.
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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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In doubt if an action is just, abstain.
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One need not scale the heights of the heavens, nor travel along the highways of the world to find Ahura Mazda. With purity of mind and holiness of heart one can find Him in one’s own heart.
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Explore the River of the Soul; whence or in what order you have come.
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If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.
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Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
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If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.
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You shall love peace as a means to new wars – and the short peace more than the long.
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He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers.
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Beware of lust; it corrupteth both the body and the mind.
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Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.
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