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He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.
— Charles Eastman
As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized.
— Charles Alexander Eastman
Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.
— Charles Alexander Eastman
The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
— Charles Eastman
The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.
— Charles Eastman
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
— Charles Eastman
No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
— Charles Eastman
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.
— Charles Eastman
Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.
— Charles Eastman
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
— Charles Eastman
The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
— Charles Eastman
The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.
— Charles Eastman
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.
— Charles Eastman
We believe profoundly in silence-the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit.
— Charles Alexander Eastman
Nearness to nature ... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.
— Charles Eastman
The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.
— Charles Eastman
Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.
— Charles Eastman
At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training.
— Charles Eastman
Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone.
— Charles Alexander Eastman
The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.
— Charles Alexander Eastman
Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.
— Charles Eastman