Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
ZOROASTERExcessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
ZOROASTERA knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
ZOROASTERI 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.
ZOROASTERExplore the River of the Soul; whence or in what order you have come.
ZOROASTERIf 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.
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!
ZOROASTERHe 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.
ZOROASTERForm 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.
ZOROASTERNow 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.
ZOROASTERTruth 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)
ZOROASTERWar and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfotunate.
ZOROASTEROne 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.
ZOROASTERDoing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.
ZOROASTERWhen you are in doubt abstain.
ZOROASTERDo not lose joy in life as you grow old in years. Let not your ‘joie de vivre be crushed under the weight of years.
ZOROASTERWhen we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.
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