Thomas Yellowtail Quotes

Modern civilization has no understanding of sacred matters. Everything is backwards.

The manner with which we walk through life is each man's most important responsibility, and we should remember this with every new sunrise.

To be able to greet the sun with the sounds from all of Nature is a great blessing, and it helps us to remember Who is the real provider of all of our benefits.

Prayer is the best answer to all of the trials that face us, because without prayer, even if we succeed in accomplishing some great goal in the eyes of men, we have failed in our sacred responsibilities, and thus we have failed in what is truly important.

Spiritual matters are difficult to explain because you must live with them in order to fully understand them.

Without a sacred center, no one knows right from wrong.

It is not through the great skill of the hunter himself that success is achieved, but through the hunter's awareness of his place in Creation and his relationship to all things.

Today, what is important for us is to realize that the old sacred ways are correct, and that if we do not follow them we will be lost and without a guide.

Humility is probably the most difficult virtue to realize.

Each day, whatever I am doing, I am always praying and thinking of God.

Once you know about these things, you will also love them, because you will see that without a sense of the sacred, you are less than a man.

A vision could put you on a path you don't want to follow.

You must be prepared and know the reason why you dance.

People think other things are more important than prayer, but they are mistaken.

But one should pray in one's heart during a sacred ceremony; this is the purpose of the ceremony, to purify the participants both inside and outside.

Each person's prayers can help everyone.

In our modern world today, we may seem like drowning men because of the loss of much of our spiritual tradition.

Words alone are inadequate to express spiritual realities. This book expresses the Red Indian spirit because it combines the best photographs ever taken of the old-time chiefs with some of their best words. You can meet these old-timers and share their wisdom. People who read this book will better understand our sacred ways.