Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Roots Quotes

You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.

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Industry is the root of all ugliness.

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Those ancients who in poetry presented the golden age, who sang its happy state, perhaps, in their Parnassus, dreamt this place. Here, mankind's root was innocent; and here were every fruit and never-ending spring; these streams--the nectar of which poets sing.

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

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You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, 'Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance.' For to the fruit giving is a need as receiving is a need to the root.

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What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

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Swadeshism is not a cult of hatred. It is a doctrine of selfless service that has its roots in the purest ahimsa, i.e. love.

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How do the stems connect to the roots?' 'Where is the mist coming from?' 'Why does one tree seem darker than another?' These questions are implicitly asked and answered in the process of sketching.

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

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The mind in its foolishness thinks that it is working in this body. Why should I be bound by one system of nerves, and put the Ego only in one body, if the mind is omnipresent? There is no reason why I should.[Source] The root of that degeneration is egotism - to think that one is just as great as any other, indeed!

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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.

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General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree to its leaves.

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The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

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Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.

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Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so.

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I didn't truly understand the depth of my roots until I was old enough to wonder and care.

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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.

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The root of happiness is altruism - the wish to be of service to others.

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Sensuality often hastens the "Growth of Love" so much that the roots remain weak and are easily torn up.

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From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

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