Root Quotes

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Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind,… — Edwin Markham
All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color is called object. Among them all, man alone is more than an object. Though, like objects,… — Zhuangzi
I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the… — Oscar Romero
The hills and valleys of Heaven will be to those you now experience not as a copy is to an original, nor as the substitute… — C.S. Lewis
Come to the Root of the Root of your Self — Rumi
Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and… — Mahatma Gandhi
Wildness we might consider as the root of the authentic spontaneities of any being. It is that wellspring of creativity whence comes the instinctive activities… — Thomas Berry
You fall into my arms. You are the good gift of destruction's path, When life sickens more than disease And boldness is the root of… — Boris Pasternak
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. — Robert A. Heinlein
Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root. — Ronald Reagan
Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It… — Olive Schreiner
The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by… — Tom Ridge
A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness — Dalai Lama
I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem in my life… — Rivers Cuomo
How to avoid cliche at the root of conception? Practice sincerity. If we've come by ... material honestly, through our own personal experience or imagination,… — Peter Selgin
Are psychiatric crises so overwhelming to the mind that they inhibit the presence of ethics? Is depression at root an amoral phenomenon, its focus on… — Lauren Slater
The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn,… — John Ruskin
If fans are discouraged, find another team to root for. — Mike D'Antoni
Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world, — Padma Lakshmi
There are still personalities that you bond with or a fighting spirit that you connect with, but as a host you have to stay impartial… — Brooke Burns

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