Root Quotes
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Ignorance: the root of all evil.
Plato
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The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.
Oswald Chambers
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Our loss put six feet under ground Is measured by the magnolia's root; Our gain's the intellectual sound Of death's feet round a weedy tomb.
Allen Tate
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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
Brennan Manning
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Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other. Throw it in the garbage and it springs up clean. Try to root it out and it only flourishes. Love is a weed, a dandelion that you poison from your heart. The taproots wait. The seeds blow off, ticklish, into a part of the yard you didn't spray. And one day, though you worked, though you prodded out each spiky leaf, you lift your eyes and dozens of fat golden faces bob in the grass.
Louise Erdrich
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Heavy is the root of light.
Lao Tzu
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Money the root of evil guess I'm the devil then. God bless my soul to rest.
Ace Hood
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But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
Nikolai Gogol
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His constant fight is with the Nafs self-interest, the root of all disharmony and the only enemy of man. By crushing this enemy man gains mastery over himself; this wins for him mastery over the whole universe, because the wall standing between the self and the Almighty has been broken down. Gentleness, mildness, respect, humility, modesty, self-denial, conscientiousness, tolerance and forgiveness are considered by the Sufi as the attributes which produce harmony within one's own soul as well as within that of another.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.
Plato
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
George Washington
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When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul.
Rumi
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily, I will make it the root of my teaching.
Lao Tzu
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The noble must make humility his root.
Lao Tzu
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Iack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.
Oprah Winfrey
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Shame is the root of all addictions.
John Bradshaw
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Faith takes root in the insignificant.
Nancy Willard
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Temple mirrors of eternity remind us that each human being has "divine nature and destiny"; that "sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally"; and that, growing together in love and faithfulness, we can give children roots and wings.
Gerrit W. Gong
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There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.
Gene Simmons
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Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're giving none away.
Roger Waters Pink Floyd
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Kirk and Dan are great friends of mine. I do my best to watch the game and not root for either one.
Bob Stoops
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Of all the trees that have ever been cultivated by man, the genealogical tree is the driest. It is one, we may be sure, that had no place in the garden of Eden. Its root is in the grave; its produce mere Dead Sea fruit.
Amelia B. Edwards
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Root for the girls who wear dresses and are intellectually very strong.
Sophie Turner
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... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.
Evelyn Waugh