America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo.

An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.

Take care how you place your moccasins upon the Earth, step with care, for the faces of the future generations are looking up from the Earth waiting their turn for life.

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.

Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.

Remember that I am just a woman who is living a very abundant life. Every step I take forward is on a path paved by strong Indian women before me.

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

War between free-will and predestination makes the idea of time travel is still too difficult to digest.

I came

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.

The State is the coldest of all cold monsters.

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must, first and foremost, be a stranger to them.

You are young. No hungry generations tread you down. The past does not mock you with the ruins of a beauty the secret of whose creation you have lost

All you can teach is understanding. The rest comes on its own.

If human progress had been more a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia to-day.