A Quote by Simone Weil
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
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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.
Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored.
Just as it is the love of money that is the root of all evil, it is the belief in shamefulness that is the root of all misery.
Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.
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.
Pain is the root of knowledge.
A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.
What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds 'body feel' and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.
You know, I always root for the older athlete. I root for the second album. I root for solo careers after the rock star breaks the band apart.
Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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.
Money is not the root of all kinds of evil. The love of money is. It’s also the root of a lot of bad art.
Money is not the root of all evil...ignorance is the root of all evil. People do cruel and foolish things for money because they feel oppressed by a sense of lack. If people knew their power to generate wealth, they would never fight or hurt each other over money.
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.
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.
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
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