All things share
the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit
with all the life it supports. Chief Seattle 1786-1866
If we do not own the freshness of the
air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Chief Seattle 1786-1866
Humans merely
share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it. Chief Seattle 1786-1866
Only when the last tree has died and the last
river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that
we cannot eat money. Chief Seattle 1786-1866
Will you teach your children what we have
taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth
befalls all the sons of the earth. This we know: the earth does not belong to
man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that
unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. One thing we know: our god is
also your god. The earth is precious to him and to harm the earth is to heap
contempt on its creator. Chief Seattle 1786-1866
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