Root Quotes
1111 quotes by 854 authors
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Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form, and thus with an independent existence. Its heartwood is calligraphy - the…
— Robert Bringhurst
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Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means ‘an uncovering’). In this case, it lifts the shame covers. It allows articulation…
— Lewis Hyde
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At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The…
— Timothy Keller
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Charity is the root of all good works.
— Saint Augustine
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I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.
— Alan Bennett
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Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth…
— Henry Vaughan
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It is my assumption that growth in faith is the root of all spiritual growth and is prior to all disciplines of works. True spirituality…
— Richard Lovelace
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It is an item of faith that we are children of God; there is plenty of evidence in us against it. The faith that surmounts…
— Richard Lovelace
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It says, I think, that at root that we're children, or we'd like to be. And the best of us each keep as much of…
— John Thorn
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The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch.
— Julius Streicher
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I believe the root of all happiness on this earth to lie in the realization of a spiritual life with a consciousness of something wider…
— Hugh Walpole
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Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.
— Thomas Aquinas
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The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, is to deny himself. To deny oneself means to give up…
— Innocent of Alaska
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The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to think strongly and…
— Dalai Lama
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But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish desires and schemes that plunge them into ruin and…
— Saint Timothy
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It isn't a coincidence that governments everywhere want to educate children. Government education, in turn, is supposed to be evidence of the state's goodness and…
— Llewellyn Rockwell
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The problem is that many bitter people don't know they are bitter. since they are so convinced that they are right, they can't see their…
— Craig Groeschel
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Life is uncertain. Eternity is not. Unforgiveness cannot be allowed to last another day. Are you holding a grudge? You will never be more like…
— Craig Groeschel
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In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not in South Africa,…
— Paul Tsongas
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Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms,…
— William Shakespeare
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