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.
ZOROASTERExcessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
More Zoroaster Quotes
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Do not hold grain waiting for higher prices when people are hungry.
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For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.
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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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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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Beware of lust; it corrupteth both the body and the mind.
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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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A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
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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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You shall love peace as a means to new wars – and the short peace more than the long.
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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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Ability in a man is knowledge which emanates from divine light.
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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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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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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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Let us be such as help the life of the future.
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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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Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.
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Explore the River of the Soul; whence or in what order you have come.
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When you are in doubt abstain.
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Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
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A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.
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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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When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.
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Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.
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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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