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Roots Quotes by David Steindl-Rast
- "The root of joy is gratefulness."
- Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us.
- Solitude without togetherness deteriorates into loneliness. One needs strong roots in togetherness to be solitary rather than lonely when one is alone.
- The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.
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- Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. — James A. Baldwin