Roots Quotes

But we wish to give the Jews a Homeland. Not by dragging them ruthlessly out of their sustaining soil, but rather by removing them carefully, roots and all, to a better terrain.

I'm a big root beer guy.

Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest on.

To be radical is to grasp things by the root.

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

Once the seed of faith takes root, it cannot be blown away, even by the strongest wind - Now that’s a blessing.

The root-trouble of the present distress is that the Church has more faith in the world and the flesh than in the Holy Ghost.

The root of fear is the feeling of not being what you are.

Forgiveness of sin strikes the root of all pain.

God the Father's a deep root; the Son's the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance

In short, I don't root against President Obama because I hate America. I root against President Obama because I hate his vision for America.

The truth of your instincts is the root of your foundation.

On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.

Irrationality is the square root of all evil.

Attachment is the root cause of all misery. Possessiveness is nourishment for the ego.

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.

Let us pray God that He would root out of our hearts every thing of our own planting, and set out there, with His own hands, the tree of life, bearing all manner of fruits.

We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you're a pretty good fan. You don't have to win everything to be a fan of something.

We do not act because we know, but we know because we are called upon to act; the practical reason is the root of all reason.

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

Language is the only homeland.

Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.

Most of us do not even know how to ask a question. Most of us do not see the root of the word 'question' is 'quest'. Most of us don't have a quest in our life.

Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit.

Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.

God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.

I compare arithmetic with a tree that unfolds upwards in a multitude of techniques and theorems while the root drives into the depths.

The belief in a single truth is the root cause for all evil in the world.

The environmental crisis has deep spiritual, philosophical, and religious roots and causes. It is not merely the result of bad engineering.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two.

And don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.

Solitude without togetherness deteriorates into loneliness. One needs strong roots in togetherness to be solitary rather than lonely when one is alone.

A little too abstract, a little too wise, It is time for us to kiss the earth again, It is time to let the leaves rain from the skies, Let the rich life run to the roots again.

Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.

Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.

Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.

Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well...I am not aware of any other factor in medicine-not diet, not smoking, not exercise-that has a greater impact.

Vitally, the human race is dying. It is like a great uprooted tree, with its roots in the air. We must plant ourselves again in the universe.

Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.

If America was a house, the Left would root for the termites.

When ownership is local and national, and various stakeholders work together, program innovations have a greater chance to take root and survive.

The root of all difficulties is a lack of the sense of the Presence of God.

Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices...rather than to root them out.