The path of the righteous is not always easy, but it is always right. And sometimes, it involves a lot of sheep. You wouldn't believe the amount of sheep.
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"The wise Lord, Ahura Mazda, is the all-seeing, all-knowing, and all-just creator."
"The reward of the righteous is the radiant existence, the punishment of the wicked is the long darkness."
"Do not lose joy in life as you grow old in years. Let not your joie de vivre be crushed under the weight of years."
"In the beginning there were two primal spirits, Twins spontaneously active, These are the Good and the Evil, in thought, and in word, and in deed. Between these two, let the wise choose aright. Be goo…"
"The Ox-soul lamented to you: 'For whom did you shape me? Who created me? Fury and violence oppress me, and cruelty and bondage.'"
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.
Reported in a commentary on the Gathas, likely an interpretive addition rather than direct quote.
Date: Unknown, likely much later than Zoroaster's life
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Doing the right thing is rarely the convenient choice, and real virtue usually shows up in unglamorous, repetitive daily work rather than dramatic moments. The quote uses sheep as a comic stand-in for the mundane, tedious responsibilities that come with a principled life. In modern terms: living ethically means accepting hard, boring, hands-on labor, and anyone who has actually tried it knows how much ordinary grind it really demands.
Zoroaster was an ancient Iranian priest and prophet who taught Asha, the cosmic principle of truth and right order, and urged followers to choose good thoughts, words, and deeds over the Lie. He grew up in a pastoralist society where cattle and sheep herding defined daily survival, and his hymns repeatedly praise the diligent herdsman as a model of righteousness, making the image of endless sheep genuinely fitting to his worldview.
Zoroaster lived in Bronze Age eastern Iran, likely between 1500 and 1000 BCE, among semi-nomadic Indo-Iranian tribes whose wealth was measured in livestock. Cattle raiding, pasture disputes, and priestly ritual dominated life, and his reforms challenged older polytheistic sacrifice traditions by demanding ethical conduct and protection of peaceful herders. In that setting, tying righteousness to the hard, patient labor of tending flocks was not metaphorical flourish but a direct description of a good life.
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