Firsts Quotes

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If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second. — Richard J. Foster
The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the soul… — John Climacus
We operate with nothing but things which do not exist, with lines, planes, bodies, atoms, divisible time, divisible space - how should explanation even be… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the… — Robert Collier
Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. — William Temple
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. — William Temple
The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. — Hugo Black
First, Know well that Intellectuality is not intelligence. To be intellectual is to be phony; it is a pretending intelligence. It is not real because… — Rajneesh
You shout and the valleys shout, or you sing and the valleys sing. Each heart is a valley. If you pour love into it, it… — Rajneesh
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two… — Baron de Montesquieu
Take a good look at your mind. Examine it closely. The first thing you will come to know is that the mind has become the… — Rajneesh
Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It is something to… — Mario Batali
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. — Elizabeth Goudge
First examine what is constantly there in your mind, what is being repeated again and again. You don't have many thoughts. If you examine minutely… — Rajneesh
Mind dissolves only when you don't choose. And when there is no mind, you are for the first time in your crystal clarity, for the… — Rajneesh
You have to pull all your energy back to the present moment. And the moment the whole energy becomes a pool, here and now, the… — Rajneesh
When you are in the present without thinking, you are for the first time spiritual. — Rajneesh
Try to relax, and you will find out that you feel more tense than ever. Try harder and you will feel more tense and more… — Rajneesh
Sannyas is celebration of life, and sin is natural: natural in the sense that you are unconscious - what else can you do? In unconsciousness,… — Rajneesh

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