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The ancient Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions. His teachings center on the worship of Ahura Mazda, the supreme god, and emphasize the principles of truth, good thoughts, and good deeds. Zoroaster's influence extended beyond his time, impacting the religious landscapes of Persia, India, and other regions, and his legacy remains a significant part of spiritual and philosophical history.

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Zoroaster
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The ancient Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions. His teachings center on the worship of Ahura Mazda, the supreme god, and emphasize the principles of truth, good thoughts, and good deeds. Zoroaster's influence extended beyond his time, impacting the religious landscapes of Persia, India, and other regions, and his legacy remains a significant part of spiritual and philosophical history.

When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.

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A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.

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Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.

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He who abhors and shuns the light of the Sun, He who refuses to behold with respect the living creation of God, He who leads the good to wickedness, He who makes the meadows waterless and the pastures desolate, He who lets fly his weapon against the innocent, An enemy of my faith, a destroyer of Thy principles is he, O Lord!

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Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.

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In doubt if an action is just, abstain.

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That which is good for all and any one, For whomsoever- that is good for me. What I hold good for self, I should for all. Only Law Universal is true law.

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Suffer no anxiety, for he who is a sufferer of anxiety becomes regardless of enjoyment of the world and the spirit, and contraction happens to his body and soul.

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Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.

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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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Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.

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When you are in doubt abstain.

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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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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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A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.

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For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.

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Do not hold grain waiting for higher prices when people are hungry.

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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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Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even an elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with gentleness.

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Seek your happiness in the happiness of all.

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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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Things divine are not attainable by mortals who understand sensual things.

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