The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool-his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.
Charles Alexander EastmanNo one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
Charles Alexander EastmanThe American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
Charles Alexander Eastman