When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace.

The whites, who are educated and civilized, swindle me, and I am not hard to swindle because I do not know how to read and write.

We do not want riches, we want peace and love.

The Great Spirit will not make me suffer because I am ignorant. He will put me in a place where I shall be better off than in this world.

Even if you live forty or fifty years in this world, and then die, you cannot take all your goods with you.

The whites are the same everywhere. I see them every day.

The white man has got the gold out of the land which belonged to the red man.

You whites make all the ammunition.

When confronted with challenge, I discover my inner strength.

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

A fish does not campaign against fisheries-it only tries to slip through the mesh.

Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.

[Donald Trump's inauguration] will be the first one that I miss since I've been in Congress. You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

Donald Trump ought to realise that being a president is different to being a candidate and that there is a responsibility that comes with the office.

Energy falls just short of being joy.

I would guess that the typical profile of a 'follower' is someone who is young and who feels marginalised, empty and pointless. They don't have an inner life.

Federer can be the best ever; he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire

Creation and destruction are one, to the eyes who can see beauty.