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title: "2 Bare feet Quotes By Luther Standing Bear"
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> [The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. The soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/the-old-people-came-literally-to-love-the-soil-and-they-sat-or/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

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> [The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the earth and the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/the-old-people-came-literally-to-love-the-soil-and-they-sat-or-2/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

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## More by Luther Standing Bear

> ["Civilization" has been thrust upon me since the days of the reservations, and it has not added one whit to my sense of justice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/civilization-has-been-thrust-upon-me-since-the-days-of-the/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [Men must be born and reborn to belong. Their bodies must be formed of the dust of their forefathers bones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/men-must-be-born-and-reborn-to-belong-their-bodies-must-be-formed-of/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/civilization-has-been-thrust-upon-me-and-it-has-not-added-one-whit-to/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/the-man-who-sat-on-the-ground-in-his-tipi-meditating-on-life-and-its/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/silence-is-the-mother-of-truth-for-the-silent-man-was-ever-to-be/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/the-old-lakota-was-wise-he-knew-that-man-s-heart-away-from-nature/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/knowledge-was-inherent-in-all-things-the-world-was-a-library/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [Certain small ways and observances sometimes have connection with large and more profound ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/certain-small-ways-and-observances-sometimes-have-connection-with/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/the-old-people-came-literally-to-love-the-soil-and-they-sat-or/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/the-old-lakota-was-wise-he-knew-that-a-man-s-heart-away-from-nature/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [After all the great religions have been preached and expounded, man is still confronted with the Great Mystery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/after-all-the-great-religions-have-been-preached-and-expounded-man-is/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell, to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/training-began-with-children-who-were-taught-to-sit-still-and-enjoy/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/it-is-the-mothers-not-the-warriors-who-create-a-people-and-guide/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [“There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unkown, secret place. The old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/there-is-a-road-in-the-hearts-of-all-of-us-hidden-and-seldom-traveled/)

[Luther Standing Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-standing-bear/)

> [We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, and winding streams with tangled growth as wild. Earth was beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-standing-bear/we-did-not-think-of-the-great-open-plains-the-beautiful-rolling-hills-2/)

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