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In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise…

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America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large…
Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.
Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find themselves.
Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the…
An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.
English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And…
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow,…
The hoop dancer dances within what encircles him, demonstrating how the people live in motion within the circling spirals of time and…
There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and…
For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.
The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they…
Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

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"I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher." That is renunciation. Then, by the… — Swami Vivekananda
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow,… — Paula Gunn Allen
Progress toward a more abundant material life does not come like manna from heaven. . . . My message certainly is not… — Julian Simon
With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome. — Edward Carpenter
There is no pulse so sure of the state of a nation as its characteristic art product which has nothing to do… — Gertrude Stein
I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're… — David Chase
Art and science create a balance to material life and enlarge the world of living experience. Art leads to a more profound… — Hans Hofmann
My material life is simple. — Gustavo Dudamel
High thinking is inconsistent with a complicated material life based on high speed and imposed on us by mammon worship. — Mahatma Gandhi
We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life… — George Perkins Marsh
The castle-building habit, the day-dreaming habit - how it grows! what a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at… — Mark Twain
With the practice of deep meditation the mind contacts the Bliss Consciousness of the Spirit and becomes more peaceful, happy, creative and… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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