Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Quotes I Love - Week 2

This week's 5 quotes:

  1. "One man's shrine is another man's cemetery." ~ Lame Deer (John Fire)
  2. "It does not require many words to speak the truth." ~ Chief Joesph
  3. "What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset." ~ Crowfoot (a Blackfoot warrior)
  4. "When you were born, your cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." ~ White Elk
  5. "I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall it's buildings of concrete are. But rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man." ~ Sun Bear
Yes, they are all Native American quotes. I am actually part Blackfoot. How much? Honestly I am uncertain as all my family records where lost in a fire before my mother was even 18 years old (and since that part of me is from my mother's side...). But never the less, it is a part of my ancestry that I am proud of.

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