The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.

Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.

As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one.

It does not take many words to tell the truth

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?

You can either wonder or worry. It is better to choice the former.

Give the peasants neither life nor death.

I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.

You have to smile, if you expect anybody to smile back.

Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.

Our justification hinges on a risen life, present in us now because Christ is present with us now.

Europeans have quarrelled since the beginning of time.

I like so many different genres of music that I guess it would be hard for me to pick one person who inspires me when so many people inspire me to make good music.

Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression.

How would you have done things differently if you were not afraid?