Zoroaster:

By what signs wilt thou appoint the days for questioning about thy possessions and thyself? Thus to the Lord doth Asha, the Truth, reply: 'No guide is known who can shelter the world from woe, None who knows what moves and works Thy lofty plans. The most powerful Of beings is he to whose help I shall go on an invocation.'

— Zoroaster Ancient

Founder of Zoroastrianism

Context

The Gathas, Yasna 29, 3

Date / Period

c. 1500-1000 BCE

Source

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Verification

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Explanation

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Method

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