“When we become hollow bones there is no limit to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual things.” Quote by Frank Fools Crow
“Survival of the world depends on our sharing what we have, and working together. If we don't the whole world will die. First the planet, and next the people.” PeopleIfsWorldInspirationalFirstsWholeTogetherDiesNextPlanetsDependsSurvivalWhole WorldWorking Together Author:Frank Fools Crow
“I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.” FirstsStepsCoupleHundredCommittedFortunateHookJerryHook Up Author:Larry David
“If this earth should ever be destroyed, it will be by desire, by the lust of pleasure and self-gratification, by greed of the green frog skin, by people who are mindful of their own self, forgetting about the wants of others.” PeopleIfsWantShouldSelfEarthDesireForgetPleasureSkinsGreenGreedLustDestroyedGratificationFrogsSelf Gratification Author:John Fire Lame Deer
“Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan, the holy air, which renews all by its breath. Woniya wakan, spirit, life, breath, renewal, it means all that. We sit together, don’t touch, but something is there, we feel it between us as a presence. A good way to start thinking about nature is to talk to it, talk to the rivers, to the lakes, to the winds, as to our relatives.” ThinkingWayFeelsMeanTogetherSpiritAirWindHolyTasteRiversBreathsSmellLakesRenewalGood Way Author:John Fire Lame Deer
“When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.” PoorCasesPiecesHorseNativeNative AmericanEldersBlanketTentsNative American WisdomNative AmericaIndian WisdomNative WisdomNative American Spiritual Author:John Fire Lame Deer
“Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar.” MenWhiteVisionDollarsWhite Man Author:John Fire Lame Deer
“To our way of thinking the Indians' symbol is the circle, the hoop. Nature wants to be round. The bodies of human beings and animals have no corners. With us, the circle stands for togetherness of people who sit with one another around the campfire, relatives and friends united in peace while the sacred pipe passes from hand to hand. To us this is beautiful and fitting, symbol and reality at the same time, expressing the harmony of life and nature.” PeopleThinkingWayWantHumansBodyHandsRealityBeautifulHuman BeingsAnimalUnitedHarmonySacredRoundsCornersCirclesSymbolsTogethernessWay Of ThinkingPipeFittingCampfireRelatives And FriendsHuman Beings And Animals Author:John Fire Lame Deer
“Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II our cause was the cause of humanity, and our soldiers brought home glory and victory, and thank God that they did. But it led us to romanticize it to some extent.” WorldWarHomeHumanityCausesVictoryGlorySoldierWar Of The WorldsThank GodWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Neil Sheehan
“Schools are designed on the assumption that there is a secret to everything in life; that the quality of life depends upon knowing that secret; that secrets can only be known in orderly successions; and that only teachers can properly reveal these secrets. An individual with a schooled mind conceives of the world as a pyramid of classified packages accessible only to those who carry the proper tags.” WorldMindSchoolIndividualSecretQualityKnownKnowingTeacherDependsAssumptionPackagesQuality Of LifeSuccessionPyramidsOrderlyTagSchooledUnschooling Author:Ivan Illich