"Our people, though capable of strong and durable……" — Charles Alexander Eastman
"Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers."
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Charles Alexander Eastman
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40 Quotes by Charles Alexander Eastman
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Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our Indian spirit of democracy, where Earth, our mother, was free to…
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If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His…
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Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and…
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The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or…
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If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends…
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But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!
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More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much…
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That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the…
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The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
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Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.
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The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers,…
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In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
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