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Roots Quotes by Thomas Merton
- There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness. This mysterious unity and integrity is wisdom,…
- The silence of the forest is my bride and the sweet dark warmth of the whole world is my love, and out of the heart…
- It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is…
- The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away…
More Roots Quotes
- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted. — Teresa of Avila
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we… — Michelle Bachelet
- When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this… — Lester Bangs
- The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon
- 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
- Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times… — Ansel Adams
- Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper… — Evan Bayh
- What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not appear to… — Mortimer Adler