"The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the earth and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth. Their tipis were built upon the earth and their altars were made of earth. The birds that flew into the air came to rest upon the earth and it was the final abiding place of all things that lived and grew. The soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing."

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Source : Luther Standing Bear (2006). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.192, U of Nebraska Press

Luther Standing Bear

#Healing Quotes #Feet Quotes #Air Quotes

“Men have no special right because they belong to one race or another: the word man defines all rights.”
“Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die.”
“WHAT is America but beauty queens, millionaires, stupid records and Hollywood?”
“musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.”
“I was poisoning myself with alcohol and medicating myself. I was trying to numb things. I was trying not to feel things, and that's ridiculous. It's one of the dumbest things you can do, because all you're doing is postponing the inevitable. Someday you'll have to look all those things in the eye rather than try to numb the pain.”
“It's unclear how air strikes on our part can succeed unless the Iraqi army is willing to fight, and that's uncertain given the fact that several Iraqi army divisions have melted away.”

Source : "Obama contemplates military action as US tensions rise over Iraq crisis" by Spencer Ackerman, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2014.
“Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses.”

Source : William H. Calvin (2010). “Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change”, p.137, William H. Calvin
“As natural and easy as it has been to be proud, it must become natural for us to be humble.”

Source : Andrew Murray (2001). “Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness”, p.48, Baker Books

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