Zoroaster

Devotion, like fire, goeth upward.

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.

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.

Do not to others what ye do not wish Done to yourself; and wish for others too. What ye desire and long for, for yourself. This is the whole of righteousness, heed it well.

Taking the first footstep with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed. I entered paradise.

A gentle hand can lead even an elephant by a hair.

None have I to protect me save Thee; Command for me then the blessings of a settled, peaceful life.

In immortality shall the soul of the righteous be ever in splendor.

The poet of Thy praise, I call myself, O Mazda!

Righteousness and Good Mind for the people. To enable me to apprise all, teach me O Mazda Ahura, Through Thine own Spirit and Thine own Words, the principle of creation of the first existence.

O Fashioner of the World! O Creator of the waters and plants! Grant Thou to me Thy blessings of Perfection and Immortality!

Clear is this all to the man of wisdom as to the man who carefully thinks; he who upholds Truth with all the might of his power, he who upholds Truth the utmost in his word and deed, he, indeed, is thy most valued helper, O Mazda Ahura!.

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 not the diligent good suffer at the hands of evil.'

How shall I satisfy Thee, O Ahura Mazda?

The resolute one who moved by the principles of Thy Faith Extends the prosperity of order to his neighbors. And works the land the evil now hold desolate, Earns through Righteousness, the Blessed Recompense Thy Good Mind has promised in Thy Kingdom of Heaven.

A righteous government is of all the most to be wished for, Bearing of blessing and good fortune in the highest. Guided by the law of Truth, supported by dedication and zeal, It blossoms into the Best of Order, a Kingdom of Heaven! To effect this I shall work now and ever more.

He who refuses to behold with respect the living creation of God, He who leads the good to wickedness... An enemy of my faith, a destroyer of Thy principles is he, O Lord!

I will now tell you who are assembled here the wise sayings of Mazda, the praises of Ahura and the hymns of the Good Spirit, the sublime truth which I see rising out of these flames. You shall therefore harken to the Soul of Nature. Contemplate the beams of fire with a most pious mind.

By what signs wilt thou appoint the days for questioning about thy possessions and thyself? Thus to the Lord doth Asha, the Truth, reply: 'No guide is known who can shelter the world from woe, None who knows what moves and works Thy lofty plans. The most powerful Of beings is he to whose help I shall go on an invocation.'

All flows out from the Deity, and all must be absorbed in Him again.