Chief Seattle Quotes

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  The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

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  Life, Travel, Men

  Chief Seattle, “This we know”

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• We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children

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  Motivational, Wisdom, Peace

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• Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.

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  Rivers, Tree, Lasts

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• Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth. This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. One thing we know: our god is also your god. The earth is precious to him and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.

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  Mother, Children, Son

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• Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.

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  Life, Lonely, Nature

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• How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the Earth is sacred to my people, every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clear and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people.

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  Brother, Horse, Memories

  "Flow: For Love of Water". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.

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  Loneliness, Son, Animal

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• Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.

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  Memories, Native American, Doe

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• We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.

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  Mother, Children, Working Together

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  There is no death, only a change of worlds.

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  Change, Sympathy, Native American

  Albert Furtwangler, Chief Seattle (1997). “Answering Chief Seattle”, p.25, University of Washington Press

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• The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.

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  Native American, Bed, Might

  "Rede eines Indianers: "könnt ihr denn mit der Erde tun was ihr wollt?"".

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• You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

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  Mother, Respect, Children

  Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

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• All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.

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  Native American, Men, Air

  Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

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• All creation is one. What we do to one, we do to the entire web of life.

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  Web Of Life, Creation

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• We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumes flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle: these are our brothers. All things are connected like the blood which unites one's family.

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  Brother, Horse, Flower

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• How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.

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  Nature, Air, Land

  Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

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• This We Know. All Things Are Connected

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  Wilderness, Connected, All Things

  Seattle (Chief), Susan Jeffers (1991). “Brother eagle, sister sky: a message from Chief Seattle”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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• To harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.

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  Web Of Life, Earth, Harm

  Seattle (Chief), Johhny Mohawk (1984*). “Rede eines Indianers: "könnt ihr denn mit der Erde tun was ihr wollt?"”

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• Man belongs to the Earth, Earth does not belong to man

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  Men, Doe, Earth

  Chief Seattle, “This we know”

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• When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.

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  Inspirational, Life, Native American

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• There is no quiet place in the white man's cities. No place to hear the unfurling of leaves in spring, or the rustle of an insect's wings. But perhaps it is because I am a savage and do not understand. The clatter only seems to insult the ears.

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  Spring, Men, White Man

  Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

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• Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us.

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  Native American, Heart, Tablets

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• We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on.

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  Brother, Moving, Night

  Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”

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• Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

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  Inspiring, Courage, Nature

  Chief Seattle, “This we know”

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• Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.

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  Land, Agriculture, Earth

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