Belonging Quote by Chief Seattle

“Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.”

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Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth.

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Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.

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Your God loves your people and hates mine; he folds his strong arms lovingly around the white man and leads him as a father…

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We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for…

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Our people are ebbing away like a rapidly receding tide that will never return. The white man's God cannot love our people, or He…

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“The white man will never be alone. Let him be just, and deal kindly with my people. For the dead are not powerless.”

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You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land,…

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When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.

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The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man…

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Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.

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We are a part of the earth and it is part of us.

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There is no death, only a change of worlds.

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Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

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