“I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more.” — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“From the tiniest grain of sand to the large sun in the sky. All are here to teach us.—Uncle Will” — Pam Torres Copy Share Image
Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library. — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
The faintness of the stars, the freshness of the morning, the dewdrop on the flower, speaks to me. — Chief Dan George Copy Share Image
Our land is everything to us… I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's bosom? Then when I die she… — Wovoka Copy Share Image
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indianwe can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right. — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
“Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.” — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
We know our lands have now become more valuable. The white people think we do not know their value; but we know… — Canasatego Copy Share Image
We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
“I speak of the Creator. Are you surprised by my candor? In a world that has killed the sacred, mention of it… — Anasazi Foundation Copy Share Image
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
“Before the war, a white man named Jonathan Edwards came to Stockbridge to teach my people about sin, but I doubt very… — Pamela Clare Copy Share Image
Treat all men alike… give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air, the fragrance of the grass, they speak to me. The summit of… — Chief Dan George Copy Share Image
“The thing that Buffalo Hump was most grateful for, as he rode into the emptiness, was the knowledge that in the years… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon,… — Chief Dan George Copy Share Image
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the… — John Neihardt Copy Share Image
“Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no… — Lame Deer Copy Share Image
My young men shall never work, men who work cannot dream; and wisdom comes to us in dreams. You ask me to… — Smohalla Copy Share Image
“Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which renews all by its… — John (Fire) Lame Deer Copy Share Image
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard. — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
“Attending to your own words and ideas as well as those of others is an admirable trait in any person, but a… — Jennifer Frick-Ruppert Copy Share Image
Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace… — Robert Muller Copy Share Image
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