Zoroaster

Founder of Zoroastrianism

Ancient influential 220 sayings

Sayings by Zoroaster

May the evil-doer perish, and may the good be rewarded according to their deeds.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 46.19, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

May the evil-doer perish, and may the good be rewarded according to their deeds.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 46.19, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The soul of the righteous shall go to the Best Existence, the soul of the wicked to the Worst Existence.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 45.7, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The soul of the righteous shall go to the Best Existence, the soul of the wicked to the Worst Existence.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 45.7, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

Hear with your ears the best things; behold with a clear vision the two choices, deciding each man for himself, before the great consummation.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.2, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Hear with your ears the best things; behold with a clear vision the two choices, deciding each man for himself, before the great consummation.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.2, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

He who brings forth life for the cattle and cultivates the earth with righteousness, he is the one who serves Mazda.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 31.10, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

He who brings forth life for the cattle and cultivates the earth with righteousness, he is the one who serves Mazda.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 31.10, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Disputed

Therefore, let us all be of one mind, and let us strive for the good, and let us reject the evil.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.6, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Therefore, let us all be of one mind, and let us strive for the good, and let us reject the evil.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.6, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Disputed

The wise man, O Mazda, is he who continually keeps in mind Thy precepts and strives to establish Thy Kingdom on earth.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 43.10, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The wise man, O Mazda, is he who continually keeps in mind Thy precepts and strives to establish Thy Kingdom on earth.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 43.10, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Disputed

The path of Good Thought leads to the Best Existence.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 47.6, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The path of Good Thought leads to the Best Existence.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 47.6, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

He who follows the Lie is a deceiver, and his end shall be sorrow.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.5, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

He who follows the Lie is a deceiver, and his end shall be sorrow.

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 30.5, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

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

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 35.2, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

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

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 35.2, Gathas (interpretation)
Strange & Unusual Disputed

I seek to know from Thee, O Mazda, what is the reward of the one who brings forth good for the world, and what is the punishment of the one who brings forth evil?

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 44.17, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I seek to know from Thee, O Mazda, what is the reward of the one who brings forth good for the world, and what is the punishment of the one who brings forth evil?

c. 1500-1000 BCE — Yasna 44.17, Gathas
Strange & Unusual Disputed