Zoroaster

Founder of Zoroastrianism

Ancient influential 220 sayings

Sayings by Zoroaster

The reward for righteousness is happiness, and for wickedness, unhappiness.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 43.1, Gathas (interpretation)
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The reward for righteousness is happiness, and for wickedness, unhappiness.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 43.1, Gathas (interpretation)
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May we be among those who shall make this world perfect, O Mazda Ahura, and may we be workers for the renovation of the world.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.9, Gathas (concept of Frashokereti)
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May we be among those who shall make this world perfect, O Mazda Ahura, and may we be workers for the renovation of the world.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.9, Gathas (concept of Frashokereti)
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He who takes delight in the cattle and in the pasture, he is the one who serves Mazda.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 31.9, Gathas (interpretation)
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He who takes delight in the cattle and in the pasture, he is the one who serves Mazda.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 31.9, Gathas (interpretation)
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For the wise, the truth is clear; for the foolish, it is hidden.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.2, Gathas (interpretation)
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For the wise, the truth is clear; for the foolish, it is hidden.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.2, Gathas (interpretation)
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Through the best righteousness, we shall see Thee, O Mazda, and through the best thought, we shall approach Thee.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.10, Gathas
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Through the best righteousness, we shall see Thee, O Mazda, and through the best thought, we shall approach Thee.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.10, Gathas
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The first step to the Good Religion is to become a foe unto the Lie and a friend unto the Truth.

1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 45, Gathas
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I who have set my heart on watching over the soul, in union with Good Thought, as I praise and proclaim you, O Wise Lord.

1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 28, Gathas - personal spiritual declaration
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The Ox-soul lamented to you: 'For whom did you shape me? Who created me? Fury and violence oppress me, and cruelty and bondage.'

1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 29, Gathas - unusual personification of animal suffering
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I know, O Wise One, that I am powerless; I have few cattle and few men.

1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 46, Gathas - personal admission of weakness
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The soul of the righteous shall be joyful in the best existence, but the soul of the wicked shall be miserable in the worst existence.

c. 6th century BCE — Gathas, Yasna 30.4
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The two primal spirits, who revealed themselves in vision as twins, are the Better and the Bad in thought, word, and action.

c. 6th century BCE — Gathas, Yasna 30.3
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Whoso delights the righteous, him Ahura Mazda will bless.

c. 6th century BCE — Gathas, Yasna 46.19
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By Your fire, O Ahura Mazda, by Your truth, for its shining power, for its fiery glow, for its burning heat, we shall distinguish the upright from the wicked.

c. 6th century BCE — Gathas, Yasna 30.7
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He who thinks evil, speaks evil, does evil, him Ahura Mazda will cast down from the bridge of judgment.

c. 6th century BCE — Gathas, Yasna 33.1
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When, O Mazda, shall the dawn of the days of existence rise, when shall the world be restored to its purity?

c. 6th century BCE — Gathas, Yasna 43.8
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