Root Quotes

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All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to… — Terry Goodkind
What I don't understand is how women can pour hot wax on their bodies, let it dry, then rip out every single hair by its… — Jerry Seinfeld
No one can advise or help you - no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering. — Ram Dass
A bee rose up from a sun-filled paper cup, off to make slum honey from some diet root beer it had found inside. — Nicholson Baker
You still love me - even if there's one expression of it that you will always feel and want, but will not give me no… — Ayn Rand
Iâ€™ll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical… — Sharon Kay Penman
Listen to me, convict. I have not traveled all this way to listen to your war stories. So shut your trap before I shut it… — Eoin Colfer
The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity: monotheism, monarchy, monogamy and, in our age, monomedicine. The belief that there is only… — Thomas Szasz
When they made love Geryon liked to touch in slow succession each of the bones of Herakles' back as it arched away from him into… — Anne Carson
At a well in a yard they met a man who was beating a boy. The stick burst into a flower in the mans hand.… — C.S. Lewis
The love of money is the root of all evil." The lack of money is the root of all evil. — Robert Kiyosaki
Well, after all, this is the age of the disposable tissue. Blow your nose on a person, wad them, flush them away, reach for another,… — Ray Bradbury
Root of a tree, fruit of a vine, let me pass by this blood of mine. — Christopher Paolini
Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others… — Nhat Hanh
It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and din to mask that something dark had… — Erik Larson
Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength… — Ronald Reagan
Man takes root at his feet, and at best he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has… — John Burroughs
In the dark I rest, unready for the light which dawns day after day, eager to be shared. Black silk, shelter me. I need more… — Denise Levertov

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