Chief Dan George Quotes

May the stars carry your sadness away, may the flowers fill your heart with beauty, may hope forever wipe away your tears. And, above all, may silence make you strong.

There is a longing among all people and creatures to have a sense of purpose and worth. To satisfy that common longing in all of us we must respect each other.

First we had the land and they had the Bibles, now we have the Bibles and they have the land

The heart never knows the colour of the skin

Of all the teachings we receive, this one is most important: Nothing belongs to you of what there is, of what you take, you must share.

Can we talk of integration until there is integration of hearts and minds? Unless you have this, you only have a physical presence, and the walls between us are as high as the mountain range.

My friends, how desperately we need to be loved and to love. With it we are creative. With it we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifice for others.

If the legends fall silent, who will teach the children of our ways?

We are as much alive as we keep the Earth alive.

If the very old will remember, the very young will listen.

Where no one intrudes, many can live in harmony.

Love is something we must have. We must have it because our spirits feed upon it.

The faintness of the stars, the freshness of the morning, the dewdrop on the flower, speaks to me.

When the white man came we had the land and they had the bibles. Now they have the land and we have the bibles.