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One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.

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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
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
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
Let us be such as help the life of the future.
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Future Help Kindness Life
Things divine are not attainable by mortals who understand sensual things.
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Divine Mortal Religion Sensual Understand
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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Growth Joy Life Lose Old Weight
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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Enemy Friendship Oneself Order War Willing
Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.
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Honor Prison Respect Satisfaction Seek
Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
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Dangerous Equality Liberty Service
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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Care Greatness Prayer Religious Repeat
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
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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Desire God Greed Taste Treasure World
Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.
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Action Goodness Thinking Word Yourself
Explore the River of the Soul; whence or in what order you have come.
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Order Rivers Soul Yourself
Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.
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Advice Happiness Kindness Life Seek

One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.

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