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.
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.
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Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.
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Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
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For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.
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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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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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You shall love peace as a means to new wars – and the short peace more than the long.
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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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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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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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Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.
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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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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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When you are in doubt abstain.
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Devotion, like fire, goeth upward.
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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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