Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library.

- Luther Standing Bear

Certain small ways and observances sometimes have connection with large and more profound ideas.

- Luther Standing Bear

The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fas…

- Luther Standing Bear

Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for …

- Luther Standing Bear

Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness'.

- Luther Standing Bear

The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

- Luther Standing Bear

The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led t…

- Luther Standing Bear

It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny.

- Luther Standing Bear

Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell, to look where there was appare…

- Luther Standing Bear