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"To get at the core of God at his greatest, one must first get to the core of himself at his least, for no one can know God who has not first known himself. This core is a simple stillness, which is unmoved itself but by whose immobility all things are moved and all receive life."
"If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic -- to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you become aware of them."
"The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will collapse first."
"Bring awareness to the many subtle sounds of nature - The rustling of leaves in the wind, Raindrops falling, The humming of an insect, The first birdsong at dawn."
"At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod."
"Women are like canoes, full of soup. At first everyone is suspicious but then everyone wants one."
"Grub first, then ethics."
"Herd pressure is to be judged by two things: first, its intensity, and second, its direction."
"Before prayer changes others, it first changes us."
"The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted."
"I am younger each year at the first snow."
"Let us first understand the facts and then we may seek the cause."
"Are you one of those people who says on a first date, 'I'm really not in a hurry to meet somebody, I figure if it happens, it happens'? Because those are the most desperate people of all. I'm just saying this so that if you are this person, you aren't hiding it from anybody. There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody."
"First, cut out all the wisdom, then cut out all the adjectives."
"Existence of Isvara follows our conception of Isvara. Let us first know whose concept He is. The concept will be only according to the one who conceives. Find out who you are and the other problem will solve itself."
"For nothing to happen, something has to happen first."
"The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus."
"I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it."
"How do you turn the invisible into the visible? The first step is to define your dream precisely; the only limit to what you can achieve is the extent of your ability to define with precision that which you desire."
"Yes, it’s embarrassing to be born again, but imagine how embarrassing it must have been to be born the first time. At least this time you get to wear clothes!"
