Crazy Horse Professions : Oglala Lakota leader Born : 1840 Died : September 5, 1877 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Crazy Horse I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the Sacred Tree of Life and the whole earth will become One Circle again. Crazy Horse circles color native-american 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. Crazy Horse parent native-american children Upon suffering beyond suffering: the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the Sacred Tree of Life and the whole Earth will become one circle again. Crazy Horse circles blessing native-american I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am at that place within me, we shall be one. Crazy Horse native-country eye native-american We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. Crazy Horse left-alone government way One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk. Crazy Horse hiking journey native-american Hokahey! Today is a good day to die. Crazy Horse good-day dies today My lands are where my dead lie buried. Crazy Horse buried land lying At my death paint my body with red paint and plunge it into fresh water to be restored back to life, otherwise my bones will be turned into stone and my joints into flint in my grave, but my spirit will rise Crazy Horse joints body water My friend, why should you wish to shorten my life by taking from me my shadow? (To photographer Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy.) Crazy Horse valentine shadow wish
