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Chief Seattle Quotes

You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves Picture Quote #1

We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on Picture Quote #1

There is no quiet place in the white man’s cities. No place to hear the unfurling of leaves in spring, or the rustle of an insect’s wings. But perhaps it is because I am a savage and do not understand. The clatter only seems to insult the ears Picture Quote #1

To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground Picture Quote #1

When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then Picture Quote #1

The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself Picture Quote #1

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Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints Picture Quote #1

I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame Picture Quote #1

Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench Picture Quote #1

How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land?... The end of living and the beginning of survival Picture Quote #1

We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? Picture Quote #1

Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only change of worlds Picture Quote #1

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Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless Picture Quote #1

Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us Picture Quote #1

We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumes flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle: these are our brothers. All things are connected like the blood which unites one’s family Picture Quote #1

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect Picture Quote #1

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You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves (Chief Seattle Quotes) We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on (Chief Seattle Quotes) There is no quiet place in the white man’s cities. No place to hear the unfurling of leaves in spring, or the rustle of an insect’s wings. But perhaps it is because I am a savage and do not understand. The clatter only seems to insult the ears (Chief Seattle Quotes) To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground (Chief Seattle Quotes) When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then (Chief Seattle Quotes) The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself (Chief Seattle Quotes) Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints (Chief Seattle Quotes) I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame (Chief Seattle Quotes) Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench (Chief Seattle Quotes) How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land?... The end of living and the beginning of survival (Chief Seattle Quotes) We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? (Chief Seattle Quotes) Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only change of worlds (Chief Seattle Quotes) Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless (Chief Seattle Quotes) Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us (Chief Seattle Quotes) We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumes flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle: these are our brothers. All things are connected like the blood which unites one’s family (Chief Seattle Quotes) Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect (Chief Seattle Quotes)

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