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.
ZOROASTERHe 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!
More Zoroaster Quotes
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Things divine are not attainable by mortals who understand sensual things.
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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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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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Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.
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Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.
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Devotion, like fire, goeth upward.
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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.
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Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.
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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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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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War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfotunate.
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For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.
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Beware of lust; it corrupteth both the body and the mind.
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That which is good for all and any one, For whomsoever- that is good for me. . . What I hold good for self, I should for all. Only Law Universal is true law.
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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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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
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All flows out from the Deity, and all must be absorbed in Him again.
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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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In doubt if an action is just, abstain.
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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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I who have set my heart on watching over the soul, in union with Good Thought, and as knowing the rewards of Mazda Ahura for our works, will, while I have power and strength, teach men to seek after Right. I have become an alien in a foreign land.
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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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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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Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.
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