“Another of the hard things about being in a war, grandchildren, is that although there are times of quiet when the fighting has stopped, you know you will soon be fighting again. Those quiet times ...”

“We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.”

“Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.”

“The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly--we only think it does. The motion of drawing back a bow and sending an arrow st...”

“Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon. ”

“One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.”

“Peace isn't the absence of wars provoked by a series of delinquents of all sort, but a dynamic process of cooperation between states and people...”

“War is what happens when language fails.”

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”

“The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”