“Our God, the Great Spirit, seems also to have forsaken us. Your God makes your people wax stronger every day. Soon they will fill all the land.” PeopleGodSeemsSpiritLandStrongerForsakenGreat Spirit Author:Chief Seattle
“A mystic sees beyond the illusion of separateness into the intricate web of life in which all things are expressions of a single Whole. You can call this web "God, the Tao, the Great Spirit, the Infinite Mystery, Mother or Father," but it can be known only as love.” WholeSpiritMotherFatherKnownMysteryExpressionIllusionAll ThingsInfiniteTaoMysticIntricateInterdependenceGreat SpiritSeparatenessWeb Of Life Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“I want my people to stay with me here. All the dead men will come to life again. Their spirits will come to their bodies again. We must wait here in the homes of our fathers and be ready to meet them in the bosom of our mother.” PeopleMenWantHomeBodySpiritMotherFatherWaitingReadyNativeNative AmericanOur FatherBosomsDead ManNative American WisdomGreat SpiritNative AmericaStay With MeGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthNative Wisdom Author:Wovoka
“Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by the flames of fire. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals. We cannot sell the lives of men and animals. It was put here by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us” MenGivingLongDoeLastsSpiritWaterAnimalSunForeverFireLandFlowSellsShiningValuableFlamesNativeNative AmericanAmerican IndianGreat SpiritNative AmericaSun ShinesGreat Native American Author:Crowfoot
“Any good thing you say to me shall not be forgotten. I shall carry it as near to my heart as my children, and it shall be as often on my tongue as the name of the Great Spirit.” HeartChildrenSpiritNamesMy HeartGood ThingsForgottenTongueMy ChildrenNativeNative AmericanGreat Spirit Author:Ten Bears
“We believe profoundly in silence-the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit.” MindBelieveSoulBodySpiritPerfectSilenceBalanceAbsolutesNative AmericanSilence IsEquilibriumNative American WisdomGreat SpiritNative AmericaPoiseNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthIndian WisdomNative WisdomNative American SpiritualSpiritual Indian Author:Charles Alexander Eastman
“I want to take the word Christianity back to Christ himself, back to that mighty heart whose pulse seems to throb through the world today, that endless fountain of charity out of which I believe has come all true progress and all civilization that deserves the name. I go back to that great Spirit which contemplated a sacrifice for the whole of humanity. That sacrifice is not one of exclusion, but of an infinite and endless and joyous inclusion. And I thank God for it.” WorldWantBelieveHeartWholeSeemsSpiritHumanityNamesI BelieveChristChristianityProgressSacrificeCivilizationDeserveInfiniteCharityEndlessThank GodInclusionFountainPulseJoyousExclusionGreat Spirit Author:Julia Ward Howe
“The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.” MenSpiritLyingAngryGreat Spirit Author:Tecumseh
“I can't think of anyone I've mistreated. I've always thought that I am my brother's keeper. And I believe there's a 'great spirit' that takes care of all of us.” ThinkingBelieveI CanCareSpiritI BelieveBrotherTake CareMy BrotherKeepersGreat SpiritMistreated Author:B. B. King
“Almost any dog thinks almost any human is the Great Spirit, the Primal Creator, and the Universal Force Behind the Sun and Tides. What human can resist?” ThinkingHumansSpiritForceBehindsSunDogUniversalCreatorTidesPrimalGreat Spirit Author:Barbara Holland
“The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.” WayFirstsSpiritUniverseStepsResponsibleConvinceFirst StepsAbsurdityElevationGreat Spirit Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other then we shall have no more wars. We shall be all alike - brothers of one father and mother, with one sky above us and one country around us and one government for all. Then the Great Spirit Chief who rules above will smile upon this land and send rain to wash out the bloody spots made by brothers' hands upon the face of the earth. For this time the Indian race is waiting and praying. I hope no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.” PeopleMenMayMadeWarCountryHandsGovernmentEarthFacesSpiritMotherFatherWaitingWhiteRaceSkyLandBrotherPrayingMen And WomenRainEarsTreatsSpotsChiefsIndianBloodyWoundedWhite ManGreat Spirit Author:Chief Joseph
“O, Great Spirit, open my eyes, open heart's wings, open my ears to your voice in all things.” HeartEyeSpiritVoiceCommunicationAll ThingsEarsWingsNonviolent CommunicationOpen HeartGreat Spirit Author:Rumi