Chief Seattle Famous Quotes
"Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."
"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. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench."
"When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them."
"Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. We did not weave the web of life We are merely a strand in it. What we do with the web, we do to ourselves..."
"What is man without the beasts If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected."
Chief Seattle Quotations
Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else.
Mark Twain
To live without loving is not really to live.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molire
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Pearl Buck
"There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures."
James Thurber
Sincerity is the way of Heaven.
Mencius
There is no such thing as a lover's oath.
Plato
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Robert Frost
Threats don't work with the person who's got nothing to lose.
Maduro Ash
"Dug from the tomb of taste-refining time, Each form is exquisite, each block sublime. Or good, or bad,-disfigur'd, or deprav'd,- All art, is at its resurrection sav'd All crown'd with glory in the critic's heav'n, Each merit magnified, each fault forgiven."
Sir Martin Archer Shee
"Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."
Derek Bethune