“The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among them, and hence this monogamic system which now prevails throughout all Christendom, and which has been so fruitful a source of prostitution and whoredom throughout all the Christian monogamic cities of the Old and New World, until rottenness and decay are at the root of their institutions both national and religious.” WorldHas BeensMadeChristianLawReligiousCitiesSourceConsequenceRootsInstitutionsAncientEmpiresCatholicismNew WorldDecayFoundersProstitutionScarcityPolygamyRobbersMonogamyChristendomOld And NewStealers Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation.” MenNumbersCreationDivineSourceRootsBless Author:Pythagoras
“The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates” SelfHelpingSpiritIndividualGrowthEffectsSelf HelpSourceRootsGenuineGenuine Smiles Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct
“Well, good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract. So automatically you're getting closer to potentially divine sources of interest because it is abstract. It's one of the only ways that a film actor can express himself in the abstract and have audiences still go along for the ride. They don't contend it. They accept it, that they're going to go places that are a bit more of the imagination, a bit more out there, and that's more and more where I like to dance.” PeopleWayMindWellsStillsBigsFilmActorsAsksBitsInterestImaginationFictionAcceptingAudienceImpossibleDivineSourceRootsIntelligentScience FictionAbstractBig QuestionsAlong For The RideFilm ActorsGood Science Author:Nicolas Cage
“In the room where I work, I have a chalkboard, and as I'm going along, I write the made-up words on it. A few feet from that chalkboard is a copy of the full 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, to which I refer frequently as a source of ideas and word roots.” WritingMadeIdeasRoomsFeetSourceRootsCopiesVolumeDictionaryOxfordChalkboards Author:Neal Stephenson
“Most people would rather change their circumstances to improve their lives when instead they need to change themselves to improve their circumstances. They put in just enough effort to distance themselves from their problems without ever trying to go after the root, which can often be found in themselves. Because they don't try to change the source of their problems, their problems keep coming back at them.” PeopleNeedsTryingEnoughProblemFoundEffortSourceCircumstancesRootsDistanceComing BackNeed A ChangeOften Is Author:John C. Maxwell
“Life is good when you live from your roots. Your values are a critical source of energy, enthusiasm, and direction. Work is meaningful and fun when it's an expression of your true core.” Life IsValuesEnergyFunExpressionSourceRootsCriticalMeaningfulCoreEnthusiasmLife Is Good Author:Shoshana Zuboff
“The point for me is people who are atheists or are coming from different religious traditions; they are coming from their own sources and specific roots. We should analyze these.” PeopleShouldDifferentReligiousSourceTraditionRootsAtheistReligious Traditions Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving the world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for the area in which it operates, especially if it sees the creation of jobs as an essential part of its service to the common good. This common good also includes the earth... the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.” IfsWorldHumansEarthJobsChallengesWealthCommonCreationSourceEssentialsAreasConcernRootsEnvironmentalProsperityNobleImprovingVocationCommon GoodEnvironmental Challenges Author:Pope Francis
“Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.” HumansTruthMotherFreedomRightsHuman NatureExpressionSourceSpeechRootsHuman RightsInsultFree SpeechFreedom Of SpeechInsultingBasicsSuppressionCore ValuesStiflingFree Expression Author:Liu Xiaobo
“Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running reconnects the soul to the source, inspiring hope and creativity.” ThinkingNeedsSoulRunningCreativitySourceDemandNegativeRootsWeedFewerNegative Thinking Author:Kristin Armstrong