Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.

Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

The vaccine is a filthy substance and it is foolish to expect that one kind of filth can be removed by another.

Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain forever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I transgress it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

The tepee is much better to live in: always clean, warm in winter, cool in summer; easy to move…Indians and animals know better how to live than white man; nobody can be in good health if he does not have all the time fresh air, sunshine, and good water.

Peaces comes from within. Do not seek it without.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is justly entitled.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.