Top 17 Quotes by Chief Seattle

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These are some quotes by No-nationality author Chief Seattle Leader, who lived between 1786 and 1866.

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.

Chief Seattle

Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.

Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.

Chief Seattle

When the last red man shall have perished from the earth and his memory among the white men shall have become a myth, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe. The white man will never be alone. Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless.

Chief Seattle

My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain.

My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain.

Chief Seattle

Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.

Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.

Chief Seattle

There is no death, only a change of worlds.

There is no death, only a change of worlds.

Chief Seattle

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.

Chief Seattle

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