True shamans live in a world that is alive with what is to rationalist sight unseen, a world pulsing with intelligence.

Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.

The root of oppression is the loss of memory.

Medicine people are truly citizens of two worlds, and those who continue to walk the path of medicine power learn to keep their balance in both the ordinary and the non-ordinary worlds.

Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find themselves.

Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.

We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life.

America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large part of its "dream" from Native Americans.

... America has amnesia. ... Certainly, there is a passion for memory loss in American thought. ... Americans may be the world champion forgetters.

Hoop Dancer is a rendering of my understanding of the process by which one enters into timelessness -- that place where one is whole.

One must have sorrow to truly appreciate joy.

The future of the Church is in the hands of wisdom

Until Africa changes it's Mindset - It will forever be a "basket case" looking for international support, funding and charity.We need to Rethink Innovation

Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we sense them.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Sunday doesn't just prepare us for the week ahead - it prepares us for eternity.

On staring out at a gloomy day: First you must realize that it is the day that is gloomy, not you. If you want to be gloomy, too, that's all right, but it's not mandatory.

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized

Never even attempt to disturb anyone's tendencies.