Quotes About Root

Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.

The book owes something (and vice versa) to the two-part television documentary Root of All Evil?, which I presented on British television (Channel Four) in January 2006. I am

pre-Islamic period jahiliyyah, which is usually translated as "the time of ignorance." But the primary meaning of the root JHL is "irascibility"—an acute sensitivity to honor and prestige, excessive arrogance, and, above all, a chronic tendency to violence and retaliation.4

When we read the Bible, we learn. However, when we write out biblical commands in a way that is personal to us, we allow the Word to take root deep within our hearts. This will help us the next time we are faced with a challenging situation and need to use words wisely. When we have trained our brain to recall and apply biblical nonnegotiables, we are equipped to speak, act, and react in ways that honor God.

To be radical is to go to the root of the matter. For man, however, the root is man himself.

The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism of the weapon, material force must be overthrown by material force; but theory also becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses. Theory is capable of gripping the masses as soon as it demonstrates ad hominem, and it demonstrates ad hominem as soon as it becomes radical. To be radical is to grasp the root of the matter. But, for man, the root is man himself.

By unrighteousness man prospers, gains what appears desirable, conquer enemies, but perishes a the root.

Children are the root of all evil.... Happy the man who has his quiver empty.

Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.

It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.

And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness.

They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil.

... a bad attitude, that the love of money is the root of all evil and the rich are evil and greedy and all that stuff. It's basically socialism and communism.

Money the root of evil guess I'm the devil then. God bless my soul to rest.

There's an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

Money should never be separated from values. Detached from values it may indeed be the root of all evil. Linked effectively to social purpose it can be the root of opportunity.

Money is a living power that dies without its root. Money will not serve the mind that cannot match it. Is this the reason why you call it evil?

It's no good to give money to anybody who thinks money as the root of all evil.

The Bible teaches that money is one of the fruits of being prosperous, but it is certainly not the root.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

If money is the root of all evil, then China's manipulation of its currency, the yuan, is the tap root of everything wrong with the U.S.-China trade relationship.

The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.

Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.