We say that the faces of coming generations are looking up from the earth. So when you put your feet down, you put them down very carefully - because there are generations coming one after the other. If you think in these terms, then you'll walk a lot more carefully, be more respectful of this earth.

I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior.

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.

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

When you look at where team sports are going, the National Football League is turning into organized warfare.

Even through you and I are in different boats, you in your boat and we our canoe, we share the same river of life. What befalls me befalls you. And downstream, downstream in this river of life, our children will pay for our selfishness, for our greed, and for our lack of vision.

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