The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. Chief Jospeh, Nez Perce (1840 – 1904)
Chief Joseph Quote – “We may quarrel with men about things on Earth…”
We may quarrel with men about things on Earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. Chief Jospeh, Nez Perce (1840 – 1904)
Chief Joseph Quote – “The Earth and myself are of one mind.”
The Earth and myself are of one mind. Chief Jospeh, Nez Perce (1840 – 1904)
Chief Joseph Quote – “We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything…”
We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will give every man a spirit home according to his deserts. This I believe, and all my people believe the same. Chief Jospeh, Nez Perce (1840 – 1904)
Chief Gray Eagle Quote – “All things in the world are two…”
All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly. We have the right hand that strikes and makes for evil, and we have the left hand full of kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us […]
Chief Gray Eagle Quote – “Wisdom and knowledge were with the animals…”
In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn… all things tell of Tirawa. Chief […]
Chief Dan George Quote – “Oh Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds…”
Oh Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds, I come to you as one of your many children. I need your strength and your wisdom. Make me strong not to be superior to my brother, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, Myself. Chief Dan George (1899 – 1981)
Chief Dan George Quote – “How desperately do we need to be loved and to love…”
My friends, how desperately do we need to be loved and to love. Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self-esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look […]
Thomas Traherne Quote – “Such endless depths lie in the Divinity…”
Such endless depths lie in the Divinity, and in the wisdom of God, that as he maketh one, so he maketh every one the end of the World, and the supernumerary persons being enrichers of his inheritance. Adam and the World are both mine. And the posterity of Adam enrich it infinitely. Souls are God’s jewels, every one of which […]
Thomas Traherne Quote – “Never was anything in this world loved too much…”
Never was anything in this world loved too much, but many things have been loved in a false way, and all in too short a measure. Thomas Traherne (1637 – 1674)
