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Full Idea
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognised need of the human soul. …Every human being needs to have multiple roots.
Gist of Idea
The most important human need is to have multiple roots
Source
Simone Weil (The Need for Roots [1943], II 'Uprootedness')
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'The Need for Roots' [Routledge 2002], p.43
A Reaction
Agree. I think we are just like trees, in that we need roots to grow well, and plenty of space to fully flourish. Identifying those roots is the main task of parents and teachers.