Top 29 Quotes by Joy Harjo

About Joy Harjo

These are some quotes by American author Joy Harjo Poet, who was born on May 9, 1951.

I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity.

I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity.

Joy Harjo

When I began to listen to poetry, it's when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.

Joy Harjo

We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.

We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.

Joy Harjo

I come from a long line of revolutionaries.

I come from a long line of revolutionaries.

Joy Harjo

Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.

Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.

Joy Harjo

My ancestors include Monahwee, who was one of the leaders in the Red Stick War, which was the largest Indian uprising in history, and Osceola, who refused to sign a treaty with the United States.

My ancestors include Monahwee, who was one of the leaders in the Red Stick War, which was the largest Indian uprising in history, and Osceola, who refused to sign a treaty with the United States.

Joy Harjo

When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.

When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn't understand that the sun is a relative and illuminates our path on this earth.

Joy Harjo

You can't look for love, or it will run away from you. But, you know, don't look for it. Don't look for it. Just go where it is and appreciate it, and, you know, it will find you.

You can't look for love, or it will run away from you. But, you know, don't look for it. Don't look for it. Just go where it is and appreciate it, and, you know, it will find you.

Joy Harjo

Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested.

Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested.

Joy Harjo

I don't see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn't need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty.

I don't see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn't need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty.

Joy Harjo

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