"There is no such place as away." — Chief Seattle

"There is no such place as away."

— Chief Seattle

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61 Quotes by Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle has 61 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? ... The end of living and the…
We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them…
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.
Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say?…
The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the…
Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret…
The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you might…
Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and…
How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If…
We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumes flowers are our sisters; the deer,…
All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.
. . . the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in…

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More Earth Quotes

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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for… — Neil Armstrong
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on… — Margaret Atwood
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann

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