In the life of the Indian there is only one inevitable duty-the duty of prayer-the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal. Our daily devotions were more necessary to us than daily food.

Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!

Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone.

There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.

Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our Indian spirit of democracy, where Earth, our mother, was free to all, and no one sought to impoverish or enslave his neighbor?

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.

Silence is the cornerstone of character.

Patience is something I can’t wait to have!

There are no rules when it comes to survival

Failure changes for the better success for the worse.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.

I have been there, and I have seen these totally formed babies as early as ten weeks...with the leg missing, or with their head off. I have seen the little rib cages.

I have been involved with the UN refugee agency for a few years now, and we have done events to speak about refugees, focusing more and more on the situation with Afghan refugees.

I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out.

Health - what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down.

Jesus's miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.