Quotes about Native american wisdom

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I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. — Chief Joseph
I have learned that the point of life's walk is not where or how far I move my feet but how I am moved in my heart. — Anasazi Foundation, The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World
There is a power in nature that man has ignored. And the result has been heartache and pain. — Anasazi Foundation, The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World
Unfortunately, modern man has become so focused on harnessing nature's resources that he has forgotten how to learn from — Anasazi Foundation, The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World
Whether we walk among our people or alone among the hills, happiness in life's walking depends on how we feel about othe — Anasazi Foundation, The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World
In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the o — Francis Assikinack
Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there. — Vine Deloria Jr.
So you make this deal with the gods. You do these dances and they'll send rain and good crops and the whole works? And n — Barbara Kingsolver
Next to the day when I was almost shot by that arrow, the worst day of my life was when I was almost eaten. — Jennifer Frick-Ruppert, Spirit Quest
Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which renews all by its breat — John (Fire) Lame Deer, Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
To encounter the sacred is to be alive at the deepest center of human existence. Sacred places are the truest definition — N. Scott Momaday
As for me, I have a choice between honoring that dark life I've seen so many years moving in the junipers, or of walking — Linda Hogan
There is no real aloneness. There is solitude and the nurturing silence that is relationship with ourselves, but even th — Linda Hogan, Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
We are looking for a tongue that speaks with reverence for life, searching for an ecology of mind. Without it, we have n — Linda Hogan, Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
What a strange alchemy we have worked, turning earth around to destroy itself, using earth's own elements to wound it. — Linda Hogan, Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
Caretaking is the utmost spiritual and physical responsibility of our time, and perhaps that stewardship is finally our — Linda Hogan, Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
The Native Americans, whose wisdom Thoreau admired, regarded the Earth itself as a sacred source of energy. To stretch o — Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking
At her first bleeding a woman meets her power. During her bleeding years she practices it. At menopause she becomes it. — Lucy H. Pearce, Moon Time: Harness the Ever-Changing Energy of Your Menstrual Cycle
Nature is not dumb. Humanity is dumb when we can't hear or when we forget how to communicate with nature. Nature is very — Sun Bear, Walk in Balance: The Path to Healthy, Happy, Harmonious Living
We travel only as far and as high as our hearts will take us. — Anasazi Foundation, The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World