First World Quotes

"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."

-Ancient Indian Proverb

In an eagle there is all the wisdom of the world.

-Lame Deer, Minnicoujou

Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the Earth is our mother. The rivers are our brothers, they quench our thirst and feed our children. The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath--the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. And what is man without the beast? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit.
This we know. The Earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does also to himself. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected.

-Sealth (Chief Seattle)

Will you ever begin to understand the meaning of the very soil beneath your feet? From a grain of sand to a great mountain, all is sacred. Yesterday and tomorrow exist eternally upon this continent. We natives are guardians of this sacred place.

-Peter Blue Cloud, Mohawk