Root Quotes

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Anything that really frightens you may contain a clue to enlightenment. It may indicate to you how deeply you are attached to structure, whether mental,… — Thaddeus Golas
Education had been a great gift for him [Ziauddin]. He believed that lack of education was the root of all the Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed… — Malala Yousafzai
Every Mass is a memorial of that one sacrifice and that passover which restored life to the world. Every Mass puts us into intimate communion… — Pope John Paul II
You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring. — Philip Sidney
If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a square root of two, then I won't touch on God… — Tom Lehrer
They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude upon the office… — John Calvin
The future has taken root in the present. — Nicol Williamson
This much is certain: when a man is happy, happy to the core and root of beatitude, he is no longer conscious of himself or… — Meister Eckhart
We would root out terrorism if the BSP comes to the centre — Mayawati
Whether we know it or not, we transmit the presence of everyone we have ever known, as though by being in each other's presence we… — Natalie Goldberg
I felt a longing to compose a radical or root poem that would speak to what has its back turned to me. — Robert Bly
Kids don't have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don't have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the looms of… — Utah Phillips
At the root of creativity is an impulse to understand, to make sense of random and often unrelated details. For me, photography provides an intersection… — Paul Caponigro
He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi
Mistakes are at the very base of human thought, embedded there, feeding the structure like root nodules. If we were not provided with the knack… — Lewis Thomas
The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare… — Josiah Stamp
The word 'radical' derives from the Latin word for root. Therefore, if you want to get to the root of anything you must be radical.… — Gore Vidal
Lack of money is the root of of all evil. — George Bernard Shaw
People who spend a great deal of time in their gardens attest to the natural mindfulness that gardening requires. What could be more naturally mindful… — Surya Das

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