When at the beginning the two spirits came together, one declared life and the other the destruction of life, and how at the end the worst existence shall be to the deceitful, but to the truthful the Best Mind.
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"When, O Mazda, shall the dawn of the days of existence rise, when shall the world be restored to its purity?"
"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."
"The greatest wisdom is to know oneself. The second greatest is to know where you put your keys."
"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."
"I will now tell you who are assembled here the wise sayings of Mazda, the praises of Ahura and the hymns of the Good Spirit, the sublime truth which I see rising out of these flames. You shall therefo…"
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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Two opposing forces exist from the start: one chooses to create and sustain life, the other chooses to tear it down. Every person aligns with one or the other through their choices. In the end, those who live by lies and harm face the worst outcome, while those who live honestly and act with good intent experience clarity, peace, and the highest state of mind.
Zoroaster built his entire religion around this exact dualism between Asha (truth, order) and Druj (the lie, chaos). As a priest-reformer who broke from older polytheistic Iranian traditions, he preached personal moral choice as the engine of cosmic outcome. The phrase 'Best Mind' (Vohu Manah) is a core Zoroastrian concept he personally introduced, making this quote a direct statement of his founding doctrine.
Zoroaster lived in ancient Iran, likely between 1500 and 1000 BCE, among pastoral tribes practicing ritual-heavy polytheism with animal sacrifice and warrior gods. Surrounding cultures accepted fate and capricious deities. His teaching that ordinary people shape cosmic good and evil through daily ethical choices was radical, and it later shaped Persian empire religion and influenced Jewish, Christian, and Islamic ideas of heaven, hell, and judgment.
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