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.
ZOROASTERSatisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.
More Zoroaster Quotes
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In doubt if an action is just, abstain.
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Do not hold grain waiting for higher prices when people are hungry.
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A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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In the beginning there were two primal spirits,Twins spontaneously active,These are the Good and the Evil, in thought, and in word, and in deed.
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Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.
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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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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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A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.
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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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Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
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Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves in vision as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action. Between these two the wise ones chose aright; the foolish not so.
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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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You shall love peace as a means to new wars – and the short peace more than the long.
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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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