The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly--we only think it does. The motion of drawing back a bow and sending an arrow straight into a target takes only a split second, but it is a skill many years in the making. So it is with a life, anyone's life.

As long as we can remember them, our families will always be with us.

A story is a burden which must be carried with as much care as we carry a sleeping child

Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.

Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren. Though it may be necessary at times to defend our people, war is a sickness that must be cured. War is a time out of balance. When it is truly over, we must work to restore peace and sacred harmony once again.

We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.

Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes events?