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Firsts Quotes by Criss Jami
- Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
- At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.
- As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is, and what he…
- The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right.
- We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.
- In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast,…
- The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public…
- Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then…
- To better understand God we must first shatter our own idea of God - maybe even day after day. Maybe he's too great to stay…
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- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
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