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One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.

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With an open mind, seek and listen to all the highest ideals. Consider the most enlightened thoughts. Then choose your path, person by person, each for oneself.
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Enlightenment Mind Path
A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
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Advice Knife Man Material Need Wisdom
Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to thee.
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Desire God Greed Taste Treasure World
Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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Advice Happiness Kindness Life Seek
Do not hold grain waiting for higher prices when people are hungry.
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Business Hungry People Price Wait
Do not lose joy in life as you grow old in years. Let not your ‘joie de vivre be crushed under the weight of years.
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Growth Joy Life Lose Old Weight
Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
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Dangerous Equality Liberty Service
Things divine are not attainable by mortals who understand sensual things.
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Divine Mortal Religion Sensual Understand
He who upholds Truth with all the might of his power, He who upholds Truth the utmost in his word and deed,He, indeed, is Thy most valued helper, O Mazda Ahura!
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Help Power Truth Value Word
Truth 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)
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Best Deep Desire Goodness Truth Wisdom
Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even en elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with gentleness.
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Enemy Gentle Hairs Hands Kindness Perseverance
Beware of lust; it corrupteth both the body and the mind.
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Body Corruption Lust Mind
By my love and my hope I beseech you – do not forsake hero in your soul!
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Diversity Hero Hope Love Soul Yourself
Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.
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Generosity Happiness Kindness Spiritual
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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Alone Goodness Guide Heaven Safety Service Spiritual
One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.
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Action Better Oneeslf Prayer Religion Science

One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.

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