--- title: "5 Sparkle Quotes By Chief Seattle" description: "5 Sparkle quotes by Chief Seattle. Plus more from Chief Seattle and more Sparkle sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/chief-seattle-9022_air_if-we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-ai_403829.jpg" --- > [If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/if-we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-air-and-the-sparkle-of-the/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/chief-seattle-9022_air_if-we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-ai_403829.jpg) > [How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/how-can-you-buy-or-sell-the-sky-the-warmth-of-the-land-the-idea-is/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/chief-seattle-9022_air_how-can-you-buy-or-sell-the-sky-the-warm_2042062.jpg) > [We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-air-or-the-sparkle-of-the-water/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/chief-seattle-9022_air_we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-air-o_3062600.jpg) > [How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/how-can-you-buy-or-sell-the-sky-the-warmth-of-the-land-the-idea-is-2/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/chief-seattle-9022_air_how-can-you-buy-or-sell-the-sky-the-warm_3152866.jpg) > [How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/how-can-you-buy-or-sell-the-sky-the-warmth-of-the-land-the-idea-is-3/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b8/chief-seattle-9022_air_how-can-you-buy-or-sell-the-sky-the-warm_3200471.jpg) ## More by Chief Seattle > [Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/earth-does-not-belong-to-us-we-belong-to-earth/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/tribe-follows-tribe-nations-follow-nations-like-the-tides-of-the-sea/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [Your God loves your people and hates mine; he folds his strong arms lovingly around the white man and leads him as a father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/your-god-loves-your-people-and-hates-mine-he-folds-his-strong-arms/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/we-know-that-the-white-man-does-not-understand-our-ways-one-portion/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [Our people are ebbing away like a rapidly receding tide that will never return. The white man's God cannot love our people, or He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/our-people-are-ebbing-away-like-a-rapidly-receding-tide-that-will/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [“The white man will never be alone. Let him be just, and deal kindly with my people. For the dead are not powerless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/the-white-man-will-never-be-alone-let-him-be-just-and-deal-kindly/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/you-must-teach-your-children-that-the-ground-beneath-their-feet-is/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/when-the-earth-is-sick-the-animals-will-begin-to-disappear-when-that/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/the-earth-does-not-belong-to-man-man-belongs-to-the-earth-all-things/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/humans-merely-share-the-earth-we-can-only-protect-the-land-not-own-it/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [We are a part of the earth and it is part of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/we-are-a-part-of-the-earth-and-it-is-part-of-us/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [There is no death, only a change of worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/there-is-no-death-only-a-change-of-worlds/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [What is there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/what-is-there-to-life-if-a-man-cannot-hear-the-lonely-cry-of-the/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/all-things-share-the-same-breath-the-beast-the-tree-the-man-the-air/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sacred-and-their-resting-place/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sparkle/chief-seattle/#itemlist", "name": "5 Sparkle Quotes By Chief Seattle", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chief Seattle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/if-we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-air-and-the-sparkle-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/chief-seattle-9022_air_if-we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-ai_403829.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/chief-seattle-9022_air_if-we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-ai_403829.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/chief-seattle-9022_air_if-we-do-not-own-the-freshness-of-the-ai_403829.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?” — Chief Seattle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? 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