Charles Alexander Eastman Quotes

#1. Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our Indian spirit of democracy, where Earth, our mother, was free to all, and no one sought to impoverish or enslave his neighbor?

Charles Alexander Eastman

#2. Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone.

Charles Alexander Eastman

#3. As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized.

Charles Alexander Eastman

#4. 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

#5. If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person ...

Charles Alexander Eastman

#6. 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

#7. In the life of the Indian there is only one inevitable duty-the duty of prayer-the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal. Our daily devotions were more necessary to us than daily food.

Charles Alexander Eastman

#8. The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.

Charles Alexander Eastman