Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his own passions
Black ElkMy friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the story of my life I think I would not tell it; for what is one man that he should make much of his winters, even when they bend him like a heavy snow?
Black Elk