Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even an elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with gentleness.
Founder of Zoroastrianism
From the Gathas or other Avestan texts.
c. 6th century BC
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"Taking the first footstep with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed. I entered paradise."
Philosophical"Therefore, you who are living, make known these doctrines to those who are striving for the Lie, so that they may not bring about a second destruction for themselves."
Strange & Unusual"That which is good for all and any one, For whomsoever- that is good for me. . . What I hold good for self, I should for all. Only Law Universal is true law."
Philosophical"Lovingly, O Ahura, I pray to You who are the most excellent, and in harmony with utmost Righteousness."
Philosophical"May the good thoughts, good words, and good deeds of those who strive for righteousness be manifested in this world."
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