Accepting Quote by Luther Standing Bear

"Civilization" has been thrust upon me since the days of the reservations, and it has not added one whit to my sense of justice,…

— Luther Standing Bear

Men must be born and reborn to belong. Their bodies must be formed of the dust of their forefathers bones.

— Luther Standing Bear

Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.

— Luther Standing Bear

Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never…

— Luther Standing Bear

The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living…

— Luther Standing Bear

Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library.

— Luther Standing Bear

Certain small ways and observances sometimes have connection with large and more profound ideas.

— Luther Standing Bear

The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to…

— Luther Standing Bear

The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

— Luther Standing Bear

After all the great religions have been preached and expounded, man is still confronted with the Great Mystery.

— Luther Standing Bear

Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell, to look…

— Luther Standing Bear

It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny.

— Luther Standing Bear