Native Quotes

646 quotes by 477 authors

It should come as no surprise to readers of the MAPS Bulletin that psychedelic plants are used as a sacrament by many native cultures all… — Rick Doblin
Unless you're one of the first Americans, a Native American, you came from someplace else. Somebody brought you. — Barack Obama
Thanksgiving began in 1621 when Native Americans sat down with a bunch of undocumented pilgrims. They had dinner and the pilgrims never left. — Jay Leno
Laila Lalami has fashioned an absorbing story of one of the first encounters between Spanish conquistadores and Native Americans, a frightening, brutal, and much-falsified history… — Salman Rushdie
When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully - in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; to love… — Eknath Easwaran
As Native Americans, we believe the Rainbow is a sign from the Spirit in all things. It is a sign of the union of all… — Thomas Banyacya
Many native cultures believe that the heart is the bridge between Father Sky and Mother Earth. For these traditions, the 'four-chambered heart,' the source for… — Angeles Arrien
Post-â€‹wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language spoken in several… — Leslie Jamison
Happiness is native to the human mind and its physical machine. We think better, perform better, feel better, and are healthier when we are happy. — Maxwell Maltz
My sense is that file sharing started in predominantly white, middle- and upper-middle-cl ass young people who were native-born, who felt they were entitled to… — Gene Simmons
While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man… — Confucius
The missionary church is a praying church. The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization… — John Mott
Makeup's just crazy, anyways. Native Americans used to wear it, and it did all right for them until, uh ... well, until you killed them… — Eddie Izzard
Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget. — Ovid
There have been periods where the folks who were already here suddenly say, 'Well, I don't want those folks,' even though the only people who… — Barack Obama
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise?-thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades? — John Milton
I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more… — Abraham Lincoln
Last year, I twice voted against the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill because it did not adequately fund education in general, and Native American… — Rick Renzi
Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be… — Benjamin Franklin
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast of thought — William Shakespeare

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