John Fire Lame Deer Quotes

We all come from the same root, but the leaves are all different.

Love is something that you can leave behind you when you die. It's that powerful.

We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a split-level suburban home with a color TV.'

If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power.

Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar.

You can pray for whatever you want, but it is always best to pray for others, not for yourself.

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.

Men cannot live without mystery. He has a great need of it.

Laughter - that is something very sacred especially for us Indians.

Tell the people not to cry. Tell them to be happy.