Man sometimes thinks he's been elevated to be the controller, the ruler, but he's not. He's only part of the whole. Man's job is not to exploit, but to oversee, to be a steward. Man has responsibility, not power.

* We can still alter our course. It is NOT too late. We still have options. We need the courage to change our values to the regeneration of our families, the life that surrounds us.

What you people call your natural resources our people call our relatives

The law says if you poison the water, you’ll die. The law says that if you poison the air, you’ll suffer. The law says if you degrade where you live, you’ll suffer... If you don’t learn that, you can only suffer. There’s no discussion with this law.

Life will go on as long as there is someone to sing, to dance, to tell stories and to listen.

In the absence of the sacred, nothing is sacred - everything is for sale.

All things are bound together, all things connect. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls also the children of the earth.