Root Quotes

1111 quotes by 854 authors

The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which… — Plato
The root of suffering is attachment — Gautama Buddha
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune. — Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. — Plato
This the American Black man knows: his fight is a fight to the finish. Either he dies or he wins. He will enter modern civilization… — W. E. B. Du Bois
In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena. — Dalai Lama
Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. — Gautama Buddha
Knowing that there is one Baptism, we who hold the head and root of the One Church know for certain that to him who is… — Cyprian
What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to… — Gautama Buddha
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root… — Gautama Buddha
Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming. — Tony Hoare
Children will, in my dream, be taught that laziness and narcissism are at the very root of human evil, and why this is so. .… — M. Scott Peck
If a man considers that he is born, he cannot avoid the fear of death. Let him find out if he has been born or… — Ramana Maharshi
Ten years have passed since a perfect blue sky morning turned into the blackest of nights. Since then we've lived in sunshine and in shadow,… — Michael Bloomberg
"What I've learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means "to pull from." Education does… — Alan Arkin
When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team. — Richard Roeper
We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy. — Carl Icahn
Family is the root of all that is good in our lives, and I am so grateful for mine. — Ivana Trump
The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated… — Isaac Newton
Do we root for Michael Corleone in the 'Godfather' films? I think so, even if he is a monster. — Jacques Audiard

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