Lame Deer Quotes

We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears.

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.

For me, the essence of a medicine man's life is to be humble, to have great patience, to be close to the Earth, to live as simply as possible, and to never stop learning.

Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar.

Think only about what is holy. Empty your mind.

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.

Power comes and goes. It can vanish in the twinkling of an eye, like smoke dissolving in the air.

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

Wakan Tanka never stops creating.

Only human beings have come to a point where they no longer know why they exist.

If all was told, supposing there lived a person who could tell all, there would be no mysteries left, and the would be very bad. Man cannot live without mystery. He had a great need of it.

But even a medicine man like myself has to have some money, because you force me to live in your make-believe world where I can't get along without it.