Root

Old is the tree and the fruit good,Very old and thick the wood.Woodman, is your courage stout?Beware! The root is wrapped aboutYour mother's heart, yo...

Robert Louis Stevenson

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

Ayn Rand

... The love of money is the root of all evils.' - John de Alençon, Pg, 64.

The Medieval Murderers

There is a root to every action, which is really a reaction to what is going on inside of us.

Tanya R. Liverman

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

Abraham Joshua Heschel