Luther Standing Bear Quotes

For the Lakota there was no wilderness. Nature was not dangerous but hospitable, not forbidding but friendly.

Generosity is a mark of bravery, so all Sioux boys were taught to be generous.

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

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

After all the great religions have been preached and expounded, man is still confronted with the Great Mystery.

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

Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never taken seriously.