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Things divine are not attainable by mortals who understand sensual things.

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Explore the River of the Soul; whence or in what order you have come.
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Order Rivers Soul Yourself
Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.
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Goodness Happiness Health Joy Yourself
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
Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
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Dangerous Equality Liberty Service
A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.
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Best Mindset Possession Reflection
All flows out from the Deity, and all must be absorbed in Him again.
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Flow God Himself Return
Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.
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Generosity Happiness Kindness Spiritual
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
War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfotunate.
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Bravery Charity Fortunate Greatness Save Sympathy War
One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.
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Action Better Oneeslf Prayer Religion Science
In doubt if an action is just, abstain.
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Action Doubt Wait
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
You shall love peace as a means to new wars – and the short peace more than the long.
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Love Mean Peace War
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
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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Goodness Heart Men Power Seek Soul Strength Teaching Thinking Unity
For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.
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Home Men Thinking Wisdom

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