Clear Quote by James Lee

“What kind of trees are those?" I asked. "Heartwood," my father said. "They grow in layers, like the spirit does. That's what Grandpa Sam…

— James Lee Burke

You wash the roots very carefully before you plant.

— Howard Rheingold

Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt Just to make clear Where they come from.

— Charles Olson

Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.

— Confucius

“By the time a tree is full-grown, the underground root system is enormous; a mature oak tree, for example, has literally hundreds of miles…

— Richard M. Ketchum

We never leave our roots. We just grow new branches.

— Audrey Meadows

All things must come to its roots from where it is planted.

— Teresa of Avila

My roots are planted in the past, though my life is changing fast.

— Anonymous

Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root.

— William Shakespeare

Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.

— Isabel Allende

Like roots finding water, we always wind up moving towards what sustains us.

— Mark Nepo

Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.

— Vincent de Paul