For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root. Henry David Thoreau
I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension. Norman Mailer
Radical simply means "grasping things at the root." Angela Davis
The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. Robertson Davies
There is an excess of familiarity at the root of all hostility. Algerian Proverb
Let's face the facts and get at the root of trouble. American Proverb