“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."”

—  Zoroaster

Ahunuvaiti Gatha; Yasna 29, 3.
The Gathas

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