"Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness."

"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."

"The one who follows the destructive impulse is referred to as “deceitful”; the one who follows the beneficial impulse is “the upholder of cosmic order, righteous.”"

"May the good thoughts, good words, and good deeds of those who strive for righteousness be manifested in this world."

"And thus we two, my soul and the soul of creation, prayed with hands outstretched to the Lord; And thus we two urged Mazda with these entreaties: 'Let not destruction overtake the right-living, Let no…"