Roots Quotes - Page 37

• We are often indifferent to our brethren who are distressed or upset, on the grounds that they are in this state through no fault of ours. The Doctor of souls, however, wishing to root out the soul's excuses from the heart, tells us to leave our gift and to be reconciled not only if we happen to be upset by our brother, but also if he is upset by us, whether justly or unjustly; only when we have healed the breach through our apology should we offer our gift.

  John Cassian

  Brother, Heart, Apology

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• But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then for grace and discipline to root them out of our minds and replace them with thoughts pleasing to God.

  Jerry Bridges

  Honesty, Attitude, Humility

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Pursuit of Holiness”, p.98, NavPress

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• We cannot afford the still-birth of new ideas that lack the life force that comes from the depths. We are called to return to the root of our being where the sacred is born. Then, standing in both the inner and outer worlds, we will find our self to be part of the momentous synchronicity of life giving birth to itself.

  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

  Ideas, Self, Giving

  "Changing the Story" by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2013.

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• The world is part of our own self and we are a part of its suffering wholeness. Until we go to the root of our image of separateness, there can be no healing ... Only when our feet learn once again how to walk in a sacred manner, and our hearts hear the real music of creation, can we bring the world back into balance.

  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

  Real, Healing, Heart

  "Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth, a Collection of Essays". Book by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2013.

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• Audrey Auld is a great singer songwriter. She holds a unique place in contemporary Americana/Roots music. I believe that this uniqueness is largely due to the fact that she is Australian. This affords her a totally different attitude as an artist than traditional American contributors to this genre. Audrey is one of the most honest original artists I know.

  Fred Eaglesmith

  Attitude, Believe, Artist

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• Industry is the root of all ugliness.

  Oscar Wilde

  Industry, Ugliness

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.56, Courier Corporation

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• The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root.

  Henri Nouwen

  Pain, Deep Love, Break

  Henri J.M. Nouwen (2017). “You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living”, Convergent Books

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• No one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots.

  Maya Angelou

  Tree, Earth, Grass

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• Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Sexy, Tree

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• I don’t claim to know an over-arching ‘Meaning of Life,’ but I do operate under the understanding that life should not be lived under the pretense that it is simply a test propagated by an invisible, intangible, Creator-God. And it should not be spent identifying with religious traditions and organized groups that, historically, have been at the root of a tremendous amount of oppression and violence.

  David G. McAfee

  Religious, Creator God, Understanding

  FaceBook post by David G. McAfee from Aug 06, 2014

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• 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 of that dark warmth comes the secret that is heard only in silence, but it is the root of all the secrets that are whispered by all the lovers in their beds all over the world.

  Thomas Merton

  Sweet, Heart, Dark

  Thomas Merton (1997). “Dancing In The Water Of Life Volume 5:1963-1965: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage”, HarperOne

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

  Oswald Chambers

  Sin, Suspicion

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• Remember, we without our roots and branches cannot be saved.

  Quentin L. Cook

  Branches, Remember, Saved

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• Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Voice, Gum

  "Obama doubles down in advocating active government, as GOP warns of excess" by Doug McKelway, www.foxnews.com. May 7, 2013.

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• The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself.

  Pema Chodron

  Compassion, Oneself

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• Our life depends on others so much that at the root of our existence is a fundamental need for love. That is why it is good to cultivate an authentic sense of responsibility and concern for the welfare of others.

  Dalai Lama

  Responsibility, Needs, Fundamentals

  Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever (2010). “My Spiritual Journey”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• Welcome the back talk, because it's completely natural and normal. It's actually a sign that the new idea you've planted in your mind is taking root.

  Gay Hendricks

  Ideas, Growth, Mind

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• Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half of the human race to misery.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Happiness, Race, Half

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1822). “Queen Mab”, p.112

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• Our great need is not ardour to save man but courage to face God - courage to face God with our soul as it is, and with our Saviour as He is; to face God always thus, and so to win the power which saves and services man more than any other power can. We can never fully say "My brother!" till we have heartily said "My God!", and we can never heartily say "My God!" till we have humbly said "My Guilt!" That is the root of moral reality, of personal religion.

  Peter Forsyth

  Christian, Brother, Prayer

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• Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.

  Ernest Becker

  Men, Self, Evil

  Ernest Becker (1985). “Escape from Evil”, Free Press

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• The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the matter) are confused and over-hastily abstracted from the facts, there can be no firmness in the superstructure. Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction.

  Francis Bacon

  Confused, Lying, Matter

  Francis Bacon (1858). “Works of Francis Bacon: 4”, p.49

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• Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?

  Khalil Gibran

  Men, Digging, Treasure

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Have the willingness to go into the roots of your worst fear until you feel the essence of what you are, your pure potential, the foundation of what you really are.

  Brandon Bays

  Healing, Essence, Foundation

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• . . . it is impossible you should take true root but by the fair weather that you make yourself it is needful that you frame the season of your own harvest.

  William Shakespeare

  Weather, Fairness, Impossible

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, Isaac Reed, George Steevens (1806). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.198

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• A hidden Bliss is at the root of things.
  A mute Delight regards Time's countless works:
  To house God's joy in things Space gave wide room,
  To house God's joy in self our souls were born.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Time, Self, Space

  Sri Aurobindo (1994). “Gems from Sri Aurobindo, 2nd Series”, p.14, Lotus Press

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