22 Quotes by Oren Lyons

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.

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 the absence of the sacred, nothing is sacred – everything is for sale.

Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we share the same river of life.

What you people call your natural resources our people call our relatives.

If you have a clean environment, you will have a healthy atmosphere. This will make you happy and your happiness will bring joy to your parents and it will affect the community, too. Then there will be peace of mind to one and all.

Man sometimes thinks he’s been elevated to be the controller, the ruler, but he’s not. He’s only part of the whole. Man’s job is not to exploit, but to oversee, to be a steward. Man has responsibility, not power.

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

What if we choose to eradicate ourselves from this Earth by whatever means? The Earth goes nowhere. And in time, it will regenerate. There may not be people, but the Earth will regenerate. And you know why? Because the Earth has all the time in the world and we don’t.