Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Chief Seattle More Quotes by Chief Seattle More Quotes From Chief Seattle Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it. Chief Seattle agriculture land earth All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth. Chief Seattle web-of-life native-american children Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. Chief Seattle waste bed night What is there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around the pool at night? Chief Seattle lonely nature night Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man ... cannot be exempt from the common destiny. Chief Seattle destiny regret men The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father. Chief Seattle voice water father All things are connected, like the blood that runs in your family "The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father." 1854 The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. You must give to the rivers the kindness you would give to any brother. Chief Seattle brother kindness running All creation is one. What we do to one, we do to the entire web of life. Chief Seattle web-of-life creation We are a part of the earth and it is part of us. Chief Seattle beautiful-earth earth To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground. Chief Seattle native-american-indian sacred ashes Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us. Chief Seattle tablets heart native-american When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then Chief Seattle wire land talking Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench. Chief Seattle dying cities men Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people. Chief Seattle dream heart native-american All things are bound together. All things connect. Chief Seattle web-of-life earth-day native-american . . . the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony and man - all belong to the same family. . . . The White Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers. Chief Seattle equality horse brother The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a midday rain, or scented with pinon pine. The air is precious to the red man, for all things are the same breath - the animals, the trees, the man. Chief Seattle rain native-american men The white man's God cannot love our people or He would protect them. They seem to be orphans who can look nowhere for help. How then can we be brothers? Chief Seattle brother god men Man belongs to the Earth, Earth does not belong to man Chief Seattle earth doe men The white man's dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful Earth, for it is the mother of the red man. We are part of the Earth and it is part of us. Chief Seattle beautiful country death
