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Words for Reflection
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beginnings of a page of those words which say so much, all from different
sources. To spend time here in reflection is the purpose for this page
which will grow over time. Should you have some you think should be added
to this page, please share them with me. Click on the running wolf below.
We will be known
by the tracks we leave behind." Only when the last
tree has died "Follow the
example of the wolf. Even when he is surprised and runs for his life
he will pause to take one more look at you before he enters his final
retreat. So you must take a second look at everything you see." "They act
like they want another Wounded Knee!" "Sentiment
without action is the ruin of the soul." "Benedicto
: May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading
to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the
clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering though pastoral
valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poet's towers
into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through
miasmal and pinnacles and grottoes of endless stone, and down again
into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze
on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where
storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags, where something
strange and more beautifuland more full of wonder than your deepest
dreams waits for you beyond that next turning of the canyon walls." "to deny one's
genealogy with the earth is to commit treason against one's soul." "The most
violent element in society is ignorance." "Whatever
befalls the Earth "God has cared
for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a
thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." "The purpose
of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to
be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived
and lived well." "The earth
and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure
of our bodies are the same..." "If you talk
to the animals "People and
nations who understand the Natural Law are self-governing, following
the principles of love and respect that insure freedom and peace." "Sell a country?
Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the
Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?" "To announce
that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to
stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." "The liberty
of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private
power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state
itself. That , in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government
by an individual, by a group or by any controlling power." "First they
came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak
out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but
I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews,
but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me." "We need language
to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of - to explain
the pains and glory of our existence." "In the end,
we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our
friends." "There will
come a time when the Earth grows sick and when it does a tribe will
gather from all the cultures of the World who believe in deed and not
words. They will work to heal it... they will be known as the 'Warriors
of the Rainbow.'" "They are
the Spirit that is in all of us for the strength of the Pack is in the
Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack." "The world
is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because
of those who look on and do nothing." "My father
told me.that Hopi earth does contain my roots and I am, indeed, from
that land. Because my roots are there, I will find them." "Sacred sites
and areas are protection for all people �the four
colors for man�and these sites are in all areas
of the earth in the four directions." "There are
many things to be shared with the four colors of man in our common destiny
as one family upon our Mother the Earth." "Telling our
lives is important for those who come after as, for those who will see
our experience as part of their own historical struggle." "It is a paradox
in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we must willingly
give ourselves to struggle." "In the open
space of democracy, we are listening - ears alert - we are watching
- eyes open - registering the patterns and possibilities for engagement.
Some acts are private; some are public. Our oscillations between local,
national, and global gestures map the full range of our movement. Our
strength lies in our imagination, and paying attention to what sustains
life, rather than what destroys it." "We are a
people addicted to speed and superficiality, a nation that prides itself
on moral superiority. But our folly lies in not seeing what we based
our superiority on. Wealth and freedom? What is wealth if we cannot
share it? What is freedom if we cannot offer it as a vision of compassion
and restraint, rather than force and aggression? Without a deepening
of our thought processes as to what constitutes a living democracy,
without acknowledgment of complexity in a society of sound bites, we
will not find the true source of our anger or an authentic passion that
will propel us forward to the place of personal engagement. Perhaps
this is what we have been longing for all along - to wrap ourselves
in life." "A patriot
must always be ready to defend his country agsint his government." "To me, the
wisdom the Elders have to manifest is in teaching people how to live
in harmony and balance with each other and the Earth." "The old people
must start talking and the young people must start listening." "Knowledge
is a beautiful thing, but the using of knowledge in a good way is what
makes for wisdom. Learning how to use knowledge in a sacred manner,
that's wisdom to me. And to me, that's what a true Elder is." "People and
nations who understand the Natural Law are self-governing, following
the principles of love and respect that insure freedom and peace." "Listen to
the howl of our spiritual brother, the wolf, for how it goes with him,
so it goes for the natural world." "The Natural
Law will prevail regardless of man-made laws, tribunals and governments." "Once in
his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth.
He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience;
to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder upon it, to dwell
upon it. "In the end,
it is not the culture from which we came but the one each of us is helping
to create that will matter. It is our common fate rather than our disparate
pasts that will ultimately describe, redeem, or destroy us." "We are one
people. We cannot separate ourselves now. There are many good things
to be done for our people and for the world. It is important to let
things be good. And it is important to teach the younger generation
so that things are not lost." "If we keep
everything in balance, we are in harmony with ourselves and are at peace." "Sacred sites
and areas are protection for all people—the four
colors for man—and these sites are in all areas of
the earth in the four directions." |
the wolf is my messenger