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Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in…
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Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to…
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I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age,…
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Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we…
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We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within…
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Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of…
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The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice…
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The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars.…
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Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of…
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Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and…
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But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit,…
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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
— Samuel Johnson
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Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the…
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Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological…
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The first step to be taken by one who wishes to follow Christ is, according to Our Lord’s own words, that of…
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship,…
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What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more…
— William Wordsworth
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To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force of tradition and tyranny of his own…
— Bertrand Russell
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