Author: Charles Eastman

Quotes

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

- Charles Eastman

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.

- Charles Eastman

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

- Charles Eastman

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.

- Charles Eastman

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

- Charles Eastman

Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.

Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.

- Charles Eastman

There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.

There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.

- Charles Eastman

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

- Charles Eastman

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.

- Charles Eastman

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