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.
ZOROASTERThings divine are not attainable by mortals who understand sensual things.
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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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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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One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.
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All flows out from the Deity, and all must be absorbed in Him again.
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Beware of lust; it corrupteth both the body and the mind.
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A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.
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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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Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.
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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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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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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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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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Things divine are not attainable by mortals who understand sensual things.
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Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.
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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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