Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism. But the problem is not really… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
The first question concerning the Celestial Bodies is whether there be a system, that is whether the world or universe compose together… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
I kind of have found my identity through the music, through the roots music of North Carolina, and kind of realized that… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
I've got deep roots in Kalamazoo, with a grandfather, Harold Allen, who was a big part of Upjohn Co. for many years… — David Means Copy Share Image
When you are up against a wall, put down roots like a tree, until clarity comes from deeper sources to see over… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Truth is, most of us contain a splashing, giggling, squealing child who knows without thinking that bare skin and water go together… — Janet Lembke Copy Share Image
Generally we are occupied either with the miseries which now we feel, or with those which threaten; and even when we see… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I root for hurricanes. When, courtesy of the Weather Channel, I see one forming in the ocean off the coast of Africa,… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good. — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
The science fiction I write comes from a pretty deep pool of literature, not just from the reflection of other science fiction… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
We ask the leaf, "Are you complete in yourself?" And the leaf answers, "No, my life is in the branches." We ask… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
If I have to, I'll keep going until my career ends, but I think I've found a club to put down roots.… — Pablo Mari Copy Share Image
Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
To earn the support of grass-roots activists, you have to spend real time, looking them in the eyes, answering their questions. Part… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
All sorrow has its root in man's inability to sit quiet in a room by himself. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
They grow in layers, like the spirit does. That's what Grandpa Sam used to say, anyway. You just got to keep the… — James Lee Copy Share Image
You still love me - even if there's one expression of it that you will always feel and want, but will not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of business and the fundamentals of business,… — Elliott Gould Copy Share Image
Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in the leafless root there… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Uprooting is by far the most dangerous of the ills of human society, for it perpetuates itself. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
