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Chief Seattle Quotes: To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.
         

To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.


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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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The Bible teaches that life does not end at the cemetery. There is a future life.

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I drank, sucking the blood out of the holes, experiencing for the first time since infancy the special pleasure of sucking nourishment, the body focused with the mind upon one vital source.

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I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

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It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.

It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.



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What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide.

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