True shamans live in a world that is alive with what is to rationalist sight unseen, a world pulsing with intelligence.

As long as we avoid the creative, we are condemned to reaction.

... America has amnesia. ... Certainly, there is a passion for memory loss in American thought. ... Americans may be the world champion forgetters.

Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.

True shamans live in a world that is alive with what is to rationalist sight unseen, a world pulsing with intelligence.

Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle on which all productive living must rest, for relationships among all the beings of the universe must be fulfilled; in this way each individual life may also be fulfilled.