Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.
I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root.
We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
The Ancient Games are relatively obscure to most Olympians, but to understand just what the Games are about, it is really necessary to investigate the roots and the meaning that has transformed culture and society for so many years.
If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do.
A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world.
Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.
A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.
When other people reject positive changes you make for yourself, there is always some nerve to get to the root of in those other people.
The number one root of all illness, as we know, is stress
We ask the leaf, "Are you complete in yourself?" And the leaf answers, "No, my life is in the branches." We ask the branch, and the branch answers, "No my life is in the root." We ask the root, and it answers, "No my life is in the trunk and the branches and the leaves. Keep the branches stripped of leaves, and I shall die," So it is with the great tree of being. Nothing is completely and merely individual.
The root of prayer is interior silence.
If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a non-supportive root such as fear, anger or the need to 'prove' yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin.
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.
The root of all our personal and emotional difficulties is a lack of togetherness... I therefore believe that the surest route to overcoming problems and becoming the people we were meant to be is reconnecting with God and with our community.
Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
God the Father's a deep root; the Son's the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance
The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
If you study your own struggles, the struggles of others, even in movies or novels you'll see the root of all their suffering is always attachments
Many of us refuse to grow where we are put; consequently, we take root nowhere.
My ability to get through my day greatly depends on the relationship that I have with other women...We have to be able to champion other women. We have to root for each other's successes and not delight in one another's failures.
A right knowledge of sin lies at the root of all saving Christianity.
Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit.
Self-respect is the root of discipline
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