Chief Seattle

We are part of the earth

Chief Seattle | June 2017 (Vol. XXX, No. 6)
We are part of the earth and it is part of us. We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat.
~ Chief Seattle

All things share the same breath

Chief Seattle | May 2013 (Vol. XXVI, No. 5)

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the human, the air . .

~ Chief Seattle

The earth does not belong to us

Chief Seattle | April 2002 (Vol. XV, No. 4)
The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood that unites one family. Whatever befalls the earth befalls all who dwell on earth. We did not weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
~ by Chief Seattle

This we know

Chief Seattle | July-August 1988 (Vol. I, No. 7)

This we know:
The earth does not belong to us
We belong to the earth.

All things are connected
Like the blood which unites one family

We do not weave the web of life
We are merely a strand in it.

And whatever we do to the web
We do to ourselves!

~ Chief Seattle (1854) with thanks to Maria Henry
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