"We Sioux spend a lot of time thinking……" — John Fire Lame Deer
"We Sioux spend a lot of time thinking about everyday things which in our minds are mixed up with the spiritual. We see in the world around us many symbols that teach us the meaning of life. We have a saying that the white man sees so little, he must see with only one eye. We see a lot that you no longer notice. You could notice if you wanted to, but you are usually too busy. We Indians live in a world of symbols and images where the spiritual and commonplace are one…We try to understand them not with the head but with the heart"
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11 Quotes by John Fire Lame Deer
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We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living…
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You can pray for whatever you want, but it is always best to pray for others, not for yourself.
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We all come from the same root, but the leaves are all different.
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Love is something that you can leave behind you when you die. It's that powerful.
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Laughter - that is something very sacred especially for us Indians.
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If this earth should ever be destroyed, it will be by desire, by the lust of pleasure and self-gratification, by…
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Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar,
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To our way of thinking the Indians' symbol is the circle, the hoop. Nature wants to be round. The bodies…
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Men cannot live without mystery. He has a great need of it.
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If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power.
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