We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.
[last words] What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence.
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
There is no death, only a change of worlds.
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
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.
All things are bound together. All things connect.
Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease and herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence.
We do not want riches, we want peace and love.
I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.
Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.
I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.
At the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.
The power of the world always works in circles.
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