Roots Quotes

1850 Roots quotes by 1361 unique authors

The hidden so-called scholars of old did not hide themselves and refuse to be seen. They did not close the door on their words and… — Zhuangzi
Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you should try to… — Swami Vivekananda
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs… — Charles W. Chesnutt
The word 'vegetable' has no precise botanical meaning in reference to food plants, and we find that almost all parts of plants have been employed… — Charles Heiser
To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around… — Henry Ward Beecher
At root, a pearl is a 'disturbance' a beauty caused by something that isn't supposed to be there, about which something needs to be done.… — Julia Cameron
Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the spring… — John of Damascus
O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing… — Hildegard of Bingen
"...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based… — Russell Simmons
I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that. — David Beckham
My entire delight was in observing without being myself noticed,- if I could have been invisible, all the better. . . to be in the… — John Ruskin
If there is to be an ecologically sound society, it will have to come the grass roots up, not from the top down. — Paul Hawken
Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings. — Unknown Author
Among the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away, the dream… — Salman Rushdie
So our human life but dies down to its root, and still puts forth its green blade to eternity. — Henry David Thoreau
At the root of all the various manifestations of dancing lies the common impulse to resort to movement to externalize emotional states which we cannot… — Jamake Highwater
In the NFL game today, there are a lot of better athletes than I am, and quarterbacks these days are faster than the quarterbacks have… — Peyton Manning
A person with faith does not question its roots, for he knows that if he subjected it to the critical examination of his intellect, he… — Alexander Lowen
Many people never stop to realize that a tree is a living thing, not that different from a tall, leafy dog that has roots and… — Jack Handey
Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None… — Robert Henri
An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and the excavation of the way that it has… — Edith Hall
I think that everything I do tends to root for the underdog. — Judd Apatow
For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all… — Guru Gobind Singh
I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil... the only reason I… — Guru Gobind Singh
I know now that he who hopes to be universal in his art must plant in his own soil. Great art is like a tree,… — Diego Rivera

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