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Chief Seattle Quotes: The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.
         

The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.


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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children



Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.



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.

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.



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

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



Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!

Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!



We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.

We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.



The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.

The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.



All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.



Take only memories, leave only footprints.

Take only memories, leave only footprints.



When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.

When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.





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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.




Follow your heart and go with the flow".

Follow your heart and go with the flow".



Life is a lesson, when you could get it over by your hands, means you just learned it well.

Life is a lesson, when you could get it over by your hands, means you just learned it well.



I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.



He said that black sheeps express everyone else's anger and pain. It's not that they have all the anger and pain-they're just the only ones who let it out. Then the other people don't have to.

He said that black sheeps express everyone else's anger and pain. It's not that they have all the anger and pain-they're just the only ones who let it out. Then the other people don't have to.



A man goes to a psychiatrist. "Nobody listens to me!" The doctor says, "Next!"

A man goes to a psychiatrist. "Nobody listens to me!" The doctor says, "Next!"



What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.



The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless.

The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless.



Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.




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