Being Quote by Derrick Jensen

“The fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that for even the most open-minded of the civilized, listening to the natural…

— Derrick Jensen

So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even the most…

— Derrick Jensen

I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same…

— Serj Tankian

Indigenous people believe that Man belongs to the World; civilized people believe that the World belongs to Man.

— Daniel Quinn

Many Indians have told me that the most basic difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that Westerners view the world as…

— Anonymous

It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice…

— Joseph Bruchac

In a society where all are related, simple decisions require the approval of nearly everyone in that society. It is society as a whole,…

— Rebecca Adamson

The indigenous understanding has its basis of spirituality in a recognition of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all living things, a holistic and balanced…

— Rebecca Adamson

We [Native Americans] respect being human beings, but also the natural and spiritual world and I thought that came across wonderfully and I hope…

— Adam Beach

“This is the key to understanding the difference between indigenous and civilized warfare: Even in warfare the indigenous maintain relationships with their honored enemy.…

— Derrick Jensen

I love the natural world - it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.

— Alice Walker

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr