Root Quotes

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What motivates someone who's become wealthy to go out and work in the ghetto with those who are poor? What motivates one who has perfect… — Frederick Lenz
Humility means coming to the root of the matter, honestly looking at yourself and saying: "This is me for better or for worse." — Frederick Lenz
Become conscious of what you think during the day. A negative thought will enter you. At first it will be vague, innocuous, but then it… — Frederick Lenz
Cancel me not - for what then shall remain? Abscissas, some mantissas, modules, modes, A root or two, a torus and a node: The inverse… — Stanislaw Lem
In my profession more generally, it's not an exaggeration to say that masculinity is viewed as the root of all evil. If you were to… — Jonathan Gottschall
Square root of a cosine? How is that ever going to be useful? — Aprilynne Pike
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true… — Samuel Smiles
At the root of everything I do is a fascination with ideas â€“ what ideas are for, what jobs they do. — Thomas Heatherwick
The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away… — Thomas Merton
Your life is a reflection of your past thoughts. That includes all the great things, and all the things you consider not so great... Think… — Rhonda Byrne
Altruism is the root of all Wickedness — Andrew Ryan
Many of those who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where we can root and grow. — Mark Rothko
God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it. — Brennan Manning
Two world wars, three monstrous dictatorships-in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Red China-plus every lesser variant of devastating socialist experimentation in a global spread of brutality… — Ayn Rand
We have all been hypnotized into thinking that we are smaller than we are. Just as an undersized flowerpot keeps a mighty tree root-bound or… — Alan Cohen
Everything at some point has been declared the root of all evil. — Criss Jami
[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary but undeniable fact: experimental science has progressed thanks in great part to the work of men astoundingly… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks… — Winston Churchill
Children are the root of all evil.... Happy the man who has his quiver empty. — William John Locke
Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth the root. — Charles Caleb Colton

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