What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It is the root.
Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.
It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
All that is limited by form, semblance, sound, color is called object. Among them all, man alone is more than an object. Though, like objects, he has form and semblance, He is not limited to form. He is more. He can attain to formlessness. When he is beyond form and semblance, beyond "this" and "that," where is the comparison with another object? Where is the conflict? What can stand in his way? He will rest in his eternal place which is no-place. He will be hidden in his own unfathomable secret. His nature sinks to its root in the One. His vitality, his power hide in secret Tao.
Choices are at the root of every one of your results.
We absolutely must battle with every bit of determination we can muster to root out the harm that would warp the souls and spirits of children in our world.
Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out.
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.
Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.
Irrationality is the square root of all evil
I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.
The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
The person who said money is the root of all evil just flat out didn't have any.
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.
There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we are in effect returning to the ground of our being.
You can't change the fruit without changing the root.
At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.