Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
Native American Proverb

Human law is written on paper. The natural laws are written in our hearts.
Anon

Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.
Chief Joseph - 1879

Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself.
Hopi

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught, will we realise that we cannot eat money.
1909 Cree Wisdom

May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.
Chief Dan George

What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across
the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior 1830 - 1890


'Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.'

Ancient Indian Proverb
The Great Spirit does right. He knows what is best for his children. We are satisfied.
Brother, we do not wish to destroy your religion, or to take it from you. We only want to enjoy our own.
Chief Red Jacket - 1805

Sell a country! Why not sell the air,the clouds and the great sea,as well as the earth? Did not the great spirit make them all for the use of his children?

-Tecumseh,Shawnee Chief-