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.
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"Truth will prevail. And eventually, so will my laundry, I hope."
"One good deed is worth a thousand prayers."
"One day, all of creation will rejoice. And on that day, I hope someone finally figures out how to properly season lamb."
"I counsel you to always choose the better way. Unless the better way involves a really steep hill. Then, maybe consider a detour."
"Through righteous living, we can hasten the coming of the Frashokereti (renovation of the world)."
Iranian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism, the first major religion of cosmic dualism between good (Ahura Mazda) and evil (Angra Mainyu). Closely associated with The Buddha (near-contemporary Eastern moral-cosmological revolutionary). For an intellectual contrast, see Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher of 'beyond good and evil' — Nietzsche appropriated Zarathustra's name for Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883) precisely to invert the original's moral cosmology — the historical Zoroaster founded the good-versus-evil framework Nietzsche's character announces the end of.
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Genuine goodness cannot be selfish or tribal. If something truly benefits one person, it must be capable of benefiting everyone; otherwise it is just private advantage dressed up as virtue. The standard you apply to yourself is the same standard you owe others. Only principles that hold up universally, applying equally to all people without exception, qualify as real moral law. Anything narrower is bias, not ethics.
Zoroaster founded one of the earliest monotheistic faiths and preached asha, the cosmic order of truth and righteousness, against druj, the lie. As a reforming priest who broke with tribal polytheism, he insisted morality was a free choice binding every human equally, not a privilege of clan or caste. This quote mirrors his signature teaching of Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds as a universal standard available to all.
Zoroaster lived in Bronze Age Iran, likely between 1500 and 1000 BCE, among semi-nomadic Indo-Iranian tribes whose religion centered on ritual sacrifice, warrior gods, and ethics bounded by kinship. Raiding neighbors was honorable; outsiders had no moral claim. By proclaiming a single ethical law applying to all people regardless of tribe, he anticipated the universalist ethics later central to Judaism, Greek philosophy, and the Golden Rule across world religions.
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