Quotes from Oren Lyons

When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully because we know the faces of our future generations are looking up at us from beneath the ground. we never forget them.

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

There are two times of the year that stir the blood. In the fall, for the hunt, and now for lacrosse.

If you don't have a moral question governing your society, then you don't have a society that is going to survive.

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

We have to get back to the spiritual law if we are to survive.

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

We've got to think now, in real terms, for that seventh generation . . . We've got to get back to spiritual law if we are to survive.

If you do not have a moral question in your governing process, then you do not have a process that is going to survive.

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

We have to do that. We have to be thankful. That's what we said. Two things were told to us: To be thankful, so those are our ceremonies, ceremonies of thanksgiving. We built nations around it, and you can do that, too. And the other thing they said was enjoy life. That's a rule, a law- enjoy life- you're supposed to.

In our perception all life is equal, and that includes the birds, animals, things that grow, things that swim. All life is equal in our perception.

We've got to think now, in real terms, for that seventh generation . . . We've got to get back to spiritual law if we are to survive.

Define for yourselves your directions.