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

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.'

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.

If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.

No discrimination, that's what we're about as a country.

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think.

To have insurance and have a diagnosis and to have doctors, I just felt it would be immoral on some level to complain.

Truthfully, I wish I had a daily routine. It's hard being an actor because you never have a set schedule.

Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so embitters the soul.

An awareness of the need for some kind of global government is gaining ground, one in which all members of the world community would take part.

There is a constant struggle between good an evil in the world. It is up to good people to choose the right side

Every day ask yourself, "What would I do today if I were a better person?

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.