"It takes a strong effort on the part of each American Indian not to become Europeanized. The strength for this effort can only come from the traditional ways, the traditional values that our elders retain."

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Source : "I Am Not a Leader": Russell Means’ 1980 Mother Jones Cover Story, www.motherjones.com.

Russell Means

#Strong Quotes #Effort Quotes #Way Quotes

“I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen.”
“Sometimes love is calm and easy and sometimes it's just plain dirty.”
“If you feel "stuck" today, you may want to examine what you're holding on to. Be willing let go of past disappointments by choosing forgiveness. Who hurt you? Who wronged you? Release it to God. Do you need to forgive yourself? Do you need to receive God's forgiveness? Let go of the past so you can overcome disappointments and experience the bright future God has in store for you! There is freedom in forgetting!”
“It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.”
“Of the laws of nature, on which the condition of man depends, that which is attended with the greatest number of consequences, is the necessity of labor for obtaining the means of subsistence, as well as the means of the greatest part of our pleasure.”

Source : James Mill (1829). “Essays on Government, Jurisprudence, Liberty of the Press, and Law of Nations. Written for the Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica”, p.4
“Gender equality is more successful than armed force”

Source : Time Magazine Interview, September 22, 2004.
“Not being able to live without someone is not love. It's need.”

Source : "Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity". Book by Kerry Cohen, 2008.
“The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest. One such word shaker was a small, skinny girl. She was renowned as the best word shaker of her region because she knew how powerless a person could be WITHOUT words.”

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