Root Quotes

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But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then for grace and… — Jerry Bridges
Industry is the root of all ugliness. — Oscar Wilde
The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed… — Henri Nouwen
I donâ€™t claim to know an over-arching â€˜Meaning of Life,â€™ but I do operate under the understanding that life should not be lived under the… — David G. McAfee
The silence of the forest is my bride and the sweet dark warmth of the whole world is my love, and out of the heart… — Thomas Merton
The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good. — Oswald Chambers
Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all… — Barack Obama
The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself. — Pema Chodron
Our life depends on others so much that at the root of our existence is a fundamental need for love. That is why it is… — Dalai Lama
Our great need is not ardour to save man but courage to face God - courage to face God with our soul as it is,… — Peter Forsyth
Welcome the back talk, because it's completely natural and normal. It's actually a sign that the new idea you've planted in your mind is taking… — Gay Hendricks
Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil. — Ernest Becker
The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the… — Francis Bacon
. . . it is impossible you should take true root but by the fair weather that you make yourself it is needful that you… — William Shakespeare
Return to the root and you will find the meaning. — Sengcan
The heavy is the root of the light. The unmoved is the source of all movement. Thus the Master travels all day without leaving home.… — Laozi
We saw the strong trees struggle and their plumes do down, The poplar bend and whip back till it split to fall, The elm tear… — May Sarton
It is curious that the leaf should so love the light and the root so hate it. — Celia Thaxter
We must cultivate and defend particularity, individuality, and irregularity-life. Human beings do not have a future in the collectivism of bureaucratic states or in the… — Octavio Paz

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