Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.
The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.
Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul's freedom.
Be conscious first of thyself within, then think and act.
The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.
One must have first of all a solid foundation.