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. T….

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary….

We believe profoundly in silence-the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit..

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is hi….

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible a….

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins..

If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falli….

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church..

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees..

As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized..

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none..

Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone..

There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature..

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's..

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itsel….

More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while see….

The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind..

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!.