Zoroaster

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.

Beware of lust; it corrupteth both the body and the mind.

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

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.”

Good and evil are so real that humans are to partake in this cosmic battle by selecting sides.

There are two fundamental spirits, twins which in waking hours are heard, but in thought are not seen. They are the better and the bad. Of these two, the wise have chosen rightly, not so the foolish.

He who comes to know me through my thought, and through my word and deed, he shall become a sharer in the good reward.

To him who chooses me, I shall give as a reward the best of existence, but to him who does not choose me, I shall give the worst.

Indeed, I shall speak forth concerning this world’s two spirits, of which the one is good, the other evil, as to thought, as to word, as to deed. Between these two, the discerning have chosen aright, not so the undiscerning.

He who practices deception, O Mazda, he is the evil one, and he is the one who causes woe.

He who holds the righteous man dear, and the evil man far from him, he is a friend to Ahura Mazda.

The wicked man, O Mazda, shall be known by his deeds, and by his words, and by his thoughts.

Between these two, the demons have not chosen aright, for delusion came upon them as they consulted, so that they chose the worst thought.

And the reward of the evil man shall be the darkness of the nether world.

He who is good to the pious, he is good to himself, but he who is evil to the pious, he is evil to himself.

Let us therefore be of those who further this world, O Mazda Ahura, and you other Ahuras, by deeds of Good Thought, by words, by actions.

For the wicked man, the end of existence shall be long darkness, ill food, and the word 'woe!'

Hear with your ears the best things; behold with a clear vision the two paths, the better and the worse, which the Wise One has declared.

The one who is false is a follower of the Lie; the one who is true is a follower of Truth.

To him who causes pain to the righteous, there shall be pain at the end.