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Let the storm flow over you,</div> <div>     and then pop back up.</div> <bR> <div>  Michael Kabotie</div> <div> HOPI </div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    Sometimes we prayed in silence; sometimes each one prayed aloud;</div> <div> sometimes an aged person prayed for all of us.</div> <bR> <div> Geronimo</div> <div> Apache</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Everything I know I learned by listening and watching.</div> <bR> <div> Vernon Cooper</div> <div> LUMBEE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   Parents have to demonstrate the value</div> <div>     of trust, respect and honor.</div> <bR> <div>    Haida Gwaii</div> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  But if the vision was true and mighty, it is true and mighty yet.</div> <bR> <div> Black Elk</div> <div> Lakota</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> We have to have one mind for the Four Directions. Until we reach that one</div> <div> mind, we cannot be filled with understanding. The Creator will not answer</div> <div> until you have just one mind, just like if you have one person.</div> <bR> <div> Grandfather William Commanda</div> <div> ALGONQUIN</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <div>   People are equal partners with the</div> <div>     plants and animals, not their masters</div> <div>     who exploit them.</div> <bR> <div>    Haida Gwaii</div> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders </div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    Hear me! A single twig breaks, but</div> <div>     the bundle of twigs is strong.</div> <bR> <div> Tecumseh</div> <div> SHAWNEE </div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> If you have one hundred people who</div> <div> live together, and if each one cares for</div> <div> the rest, there is One Mind.</div> <bR> <div> Shining Arrows</div> <div> CROW </div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   I see before me men of age and dignity... </div> <div> men of good judgement and</div> <div> consider well what they do.</div> <bR> <div> Spotted Tail</div> <div> Brule Sioux</div> <div> 1700's</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The basis of knowledge is the fire, rock, water, and green. But when that</div> <div> power was given to man, he used it to twist his own mind. Tunkashila gave</div> <div> man just one drop of that wisdom.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Cultivate peace at home.</div> <bR> <div> Petalesharo</div> <div> Pawnee</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> It is a paradox in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we</div> <div> must willingly give ourselves to struggle.</div> <bR> <div> Linda Hogan</div> <div> CHICKASAW</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      I believe that being a medicine man,</div> <div>     more than anything else, is a state of</div> <div>     mind, a way of looking at and</div> <div>     understanding this earth, a sense of</div> <div>     what it is all about.</div> <bR> <div> Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA </div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  I have been in a great many councils, but I'm no wiser.</div> <bR> <div> Too-hool-hool-suit</div> <div> Nez Perce</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every</div> <div> hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad</div> <div> or happy event in days long vanished.</div> <bR> <div> Chief Sealth</div> <div> DUWAMISH</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   The Great Spirit is our father, the earth is our mother.  She nourishes</div> <div> us, and what we put into the ground, she returns to us.</div> <bR> <div> Bedagi Wabanaki</div> <div> 1900</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    What you see with your eyes shut is what counts.</div> <bR> <div> Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Telling our lives is important for those who come after as, for those who</div> <div> will see our experience as part of their own historical struggle.</div> <bR> <div> Linda Hogan</div> <div> CHICKASAW</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     Because if you believe in something, and believe</div> <div>      in it long enough, it will come into being.</div> <bR> <div> Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  So, with the Native way, it's not whether people</div> <div>      find out about what you've done or not... that's</div> <div>      not nearly as strong as having your source of</div> <div>      morality within you, having your morality arise</div> <div>      out of an inner perception of what is wrong,</div> <div>      ridiculous, or shameful. You are your own judge.</div> <bR> <div>      Eunice Baumann-Nelson, Ph.D.</div> <div> PENOBSCOT</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Each day, whatever I am doing, I am always praying and thinking of God.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      Native Americans are essentially calling for</div> <div>      righteousness. By this they mean a shared</div> <div>      ideology developed by all people using their</div> <div>      purest and most unselfish minds.</div> <bR> <div>      Lorraine Canoe/Tom Porter</div> <div> MOHAWK</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     When we become hollow bones there is no limit</div> <div>      to what the Higher Powers can do in and through</div> <div>      us in spiritual things.</div> <bR> <div>     Frank Fools Crow</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   When we're through with this earth and all</div> <div>      these problems, we don't have to come back. But</div> <div>      as long as we're here we have a job to do and a</div> <div>      purpose to fulfill and that means dealing with the</div> <div>      circumstances around us.</div> <bR> <div>  Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Always remember you are Indian.</div> <div> Do things to make your people proud.</div> <bR> <div> Joe Coyhis</div> <div> STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    Our circle is timeless, flowing, it is a new life</div> <div>      emerging from death-life winning out over death.</div> <bR> <div> Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   We don't have to say or think what we don't</div> <div>      wish to. We have a choice in those things, and we</div> <div>      have to realize that and practice using that choice.</div> <bR> <div> Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    Always remember that the Great Mystery is</div> <div>    good; evil can come only from ourselves!</div> <bR> <div>      Grandmother of Charles Eastman</div> <div> SANTEE SIOUX</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      We hold on to our otuhan, our give-aways,</div> <div>      because they help us to remain Indians.</div> <bR> <div> Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> When you get older and you are ready, your ancestors will show up to guide</div> <div> you.</div> <bR> <div> Joe Coyhis</div> <div> STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    On the other side of the river there is plenty of buffalo. </div> <div> When we are poor we will tell you.</div> <bR> <div> Mountain Crow</div> <div> Blackfoot</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>       People have to be responsible for their thoughts,</div> <div>      so they have to learn to control them. It may not</div> <div>      be easy, but it can be done.</div> <bR> <div>  Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  It is my duty as your chief to be your father while in the paths of</div> <div> peace,and your leader and champion while on the war path.</div> <bR> <div> Keokuk</div> <div> 1832</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     They must give themselves to Wakan' Tanka and</div> <div>      live a spiritual life. They will have the peace that</div> <div>      frees them from fear.</div> <bR> <div> Frank Fools Crow</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Everyone got to find the right path. You can't see it so it's hard to find.</div> <div> No one can show you. Each person got to find the path by himself.</div> <bR> <div> Charlie Knight</div> <div> UTE</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    We cannot escape remembering the important</div> <div>      things that have happened, and we cannot escape</div> <div>      the awareness of the important things that have</div> <div>      not happened.</div> <bR> <div>  Ralph Salisbury</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     The first thing that we want you to understand</div> <div>      is that spirit has no color or race to it. It doesn't</div> <div>      matter whether your skin is white, black, red,</div> <div>      Hispanic, whatever. No one out there is any</div> <div>      better than you, and you are no better than</div> <div>      anyone else out there.</div> <bR> <div>   John Peters (Slow Turtle)</div> <div> WAMPANOAG</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     This is the time of awakening to the inner father</div> <div>      and the inner mother. Without this we will</div> <div>      receive no high initiation; instead we get</div> <div>      initiated into darkness. That's because any</div> <div>      investigation or revolution without God leads,</div> <div>      not to freedom, but to more slavery.</div> <bR> <div> Willaru Huayta</div> <div> QUECHAU NATION, PERU</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   Race and language makes no difference; the</div> <div>      barriers are gone when persons can come together</div> <div>      on high spiritual levels.</div> <bR> <div>  Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      When you remove love and try to replace it with</div> <div>      monetary things, you've got nothing ... get him to</div> <div>      understand that he has to love himself before he</div> <div>      can love anything else.</div> <bR> <div>  John Peters (Slow Turtle)</div> <div> WAMPANOAG</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    Heal yourself-your physical and spiritual bodies.</div> <div>      Regenerate yourself with light, and then help</div> <div>      those who have poverty of the soul. Return to the</div> <div>      inner spirit, which we have abandoned while</div> <div>      looking elsewhere for happiness.</div> <bR> <div> Willaru Huayta</div> <div> QUECHUA NATION, PERU</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      It is a native tradition to sit in a circle and</div> <div>      talk-to share what is in your heart.</div> <bR> <div>  John Peters (Slow Turtle)</div> <div> WAMPANOAG</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Look behind you. See your sons and your daughters. They are your future.</div> <div> Look farther and see your sons' and your daughters' children and their</div> <div> children's children even unto the Seventh Generation. That's the way we were</div> <div> taught. Think about it: you yourself are a Seventh Generation.</div> <bR> <div> Leon Shenandoah</div> <div> ONONDAGA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      If people are going to get back into balance, one</div> <div>      of the things they have to do is seek the truth.</div> <div>      They have to start really speaking the truth</div> <div>      themselves, and that's a difficult thing to do. The</div> <div>      way it is now in the world, we don't mind lying.</div> <bR> <div> John Peters (Slow Turtle)</div> <div> WAMPANOAG</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  It's all spirit and it's all connected.</div> <bR> <div> Grandfather William Commanda</div> <div> ALGONQUIN</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body,</div> <div>   mind and spirit.</div> <bR> <div>    Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)</div> <div> SANTEE SIOUX</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     In our story of Creation, we talk about each one of</div> <div>      us having our own path to travel, and our own gift to</div> <div>      give and to share. You see, what we say is that the</div> <div>      Creator gave us all special gifts; each one of us is</div> <div>      special. And each one of us is a special gift to each</div> <div>      other because we've got something to share.</div> <bR> <div> John Peters (Slow Turtle)</div> <div> WAMPANOAG</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     The most important thing now is to reveal the</div> <div>      inner temple of the soul with right thinking and</div> <div>      right activity.</div> <bR> <div> Willaru Huayta</div> <div> QUECHUA NATION, PERU</div> <div> ___________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> When we want to talk to Him we burn tobacco and it takes our prayers all</div> <div> the way up to the Sky World.</div> <bR> <div> Louis Farmer</div> <div> ONONDAGA</div> <div> ___________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> When the earth is sick, the animals will begin</div> <div> to disappear, when that happens, the Warriors</div> <div> of the Rainbow will come to save them.</div> <bR> <div> Chief Seattle</div> <div> ___________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I</div> <div> prefer to their dogma my excursions into the</div> <div> natural gardens where the voice of the</div> <div> Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of the</div> <div> birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the</div> <div> sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism,</div> <div> then at present , at least, I am a Pagan.</div> <bR> <div> Zitkala-Sa</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in</div> <div> the night. It is the breath of a buffalo</div> <div> in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which</div> <div> runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.</div> <bR> <div> Crowfoot</div> <div> Blackfoot warrior and orator</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> When it comes time to die, be not like those whose</div> <div> hearts are filled with fear of death, so when their</div> <div> time comes they weep and pray for a little more</div> <div> time to live their lives over again in a different way.</div> <div> Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.</div> <bR> <div> Chief Aupumut</div> <div> Mohican</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> If there is a shadow of a doubt someplace, that will cause a weakness.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The Great Spirit in all things, he is the air we</div> <div> breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the</div> <div> Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which</div> <div> we put into the ground she returns to us.</div> <bR> <div> Big Thunder</div> <div> Algonquin</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> A good heart and a good mind - those are what you need to be a chief.</div> <bR> <div> Louis Farmer</div> <div> ONONDAGA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     You can't just sit down and talk about the truth.</div> <div>      It doesn't work that way. You have to live it and</div> <div>      be part of it and you might get to know it.</div> <bR> <div> Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the</div> <div> region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits</div> <div> into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the</div> <div> continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings.</div> <div> He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers,</div> <div> he belongs just as the buffalo belonged.....</div> <bR> <div> Luther Standing Bear</div> <div> Oglala Sioux</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    The first factor in the revolution of</div> <div>      consciousness is the mystic death of the ego- the</div> <div>      death of negative thinking, negative</div> <div>      personalities. We must purify the soul of the</div> <div>      inner enemies. Every time a defect manifests-</div> <div>      envy, gluttony, anger, lust, whatever-that impulse</div> <div>      to the heart. Ask, `Do I really need to invoke</div> <div>      this?' And then honor the heart.</div> <bR> <div> Willaru Huayta</div> <div> QUECHAU NATION, PERU</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>    There is no death. Only a change of worlds.</div> <bR> <div> Chief Seattle</div> <div> SUQWAMISH AND DUWAMISH</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> So we are connected to the moon. That gives us power, a connection to the</div> <div> earth and the moon, men don't know about.</div> <bR> <div> Cecilia Mitchell</div> <div> MOHAWK</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  All life is a circle.</div> <bR> <div>  Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Let us put our minds together as one.</div> <bR> <div> Irving Powless, Sr.</div> <div> ONONDAGA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     Also ask your heart to purify and cleanse this</div> <div>      defect and harmful desire. Ask also the help of</div> <div>      the inner father and mother. Every time we</div> <div>      eliminate a defect, we build our soul, our inner</div> <div>      temple. We ascend. like going up a stairway.</div> <bR> <div> Willaru Huayata</div> <div> QUECHUA NATION, PERU</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  Always listen to what the Elders say.</div> <bR> <div> Dona Josefa Medrano</div> <div> HUICHOL</div> <div> SIERRA MADRE, MEXICO</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     I can tell you that understanding begins with</div> <div>      love and respect.  It begins with respect for the</div> <div>      Great Spirit.  All things- and I mean ALL</div> <div>      things-have their own will and their own way and</div> <div>      their own purpose; this is what is to be</div> <div>      respected.</div> <bR> <div>  Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Our true enemies, as well as our true sources of</div> <div>      strength, lie within.</div> <bR> <div> Willaru Huayta</div> <div> QUECHUA NATION, PERU</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     Oh God! Like the Thunderbird of old I shall rise</div> <div>      again out of the sea; I shall grab the instruments</div> <div>      of the white man's success- his education, his</div> <div>      skills, and with these new tools I shall build my</div> <div>      race into the proudest segment of your society.</div> <bR> <div>  Chief Dan George</div> <div> SALISH</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      It's very hard to do things in the right manner,</div> <div>      but as long as we do things right, we are in turn</div> <div>      with the Great Spirit.</div> <bR> <div> Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> These are our times and our responsibilities. Every human being has a</div> <div> sacred duty to protect the welfare of our Mother Earth, from whom all life</div> <div> comes. In order to do this, we must recognize the enemy - the one within us.</div> <div> We must begin with ourselves.</div> <bR> <div> Leon Shenandoah</div> <div> ONONDAGA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  Even the seasons form a great circle in their</div> <div>      changing, and always come back again to where</div> <div>      they were. The life of a man is a circle from</div> <div>      childhood to childhood and so it is everything</div> <div>      where power moves.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Black Elk (Hehaka sapa)</div> <div> OGLALA SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> We need to save those Elders who cannot speak for themselves -- the trees.</div> <bR> <div> Haida Gwaii</div> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. It</div> <div>      is the dust and blood of our ancestors.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Plenty Coups</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its</div> <div> meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with</div> <div> the universe of things was infusing into his being the true essence of</div> <div> civilization.</div> <bR> <div> Luther Standing Bear</div> <div> OGLALA SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   Bright days and dark days were both expressions</div> <div>      of the Great Mystery, and the Indian reveled in</div> <div>      being close to the Great Holiness.</div> <bR> <div>      Chief Luther Standing Bear</div> <div> SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     It can be 100 degrees in the shade one afternoon</div> <div>      and suddenly there comes a storm with hailstones</div> <div>      as big as golf balls, the prairie is all white and</div> <div>      your teeth chatter. That's good-a reminder that</div> <div>      you are just a small particle of nature, not so</div> <div>      powerful as you think.</div> <bR> <div> Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   No individual or group can block another</div> <div>      individual's path or change it against what fits</div> <div>      his nature and his purpose. It might be done for a</div> <div>      time, but in the end it won't work out.</div> <bR> <div> Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> It is not through the great skill of the hunter himself that success is</div> <div> achieved, but through the hunter's awareness of his place in Creation and</div> <div> his relationship to all things.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> You have to have a lot of patience to hear those old people talk, because</div> <div> when they talk, they talk about motivation, the feeling, the unsound that is</div> <div> around the universe. They explain everything to one understanding. They</div> <div> bring it all together, and when they finish, just one word comes out. Just</div> <div> one word. They might talk all day, and just one word comes out.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> We must have respect and understanding for women and all female life on</div> <div> this Earth which bears the sacred gift of life.</div> <bR> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> ONONDAGA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Let the person I serve express his thanks according </div> <div> to his own bringing up and his sense of humor.</div> <bR> <div> Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)</div> <div> SANTEE SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>     We say there is a right time and place for</div> <div>      everything.   It's easy to say, but hard to</div> <div>      understand. You have to live it to understand it.</div> <bR> <div>  Rolling Thunder</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Grandmother the Earth. That power is here all the time. It is</div> <div> continuous, and nobody controls it.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Sell a country? Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth?</div> <div> Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?</div> <bR> <div> Tecumseh</div> <div> SHAWNEE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      In sharing, in loving all and everything, one</div> <div>      people naturally found a due portion of the thing</div> <div>      they sought, while in fearing, the other found</div> <div>      need of conquest.</div> <bR> <div>      Chief Luther Standing Bear</div> <div> SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> All the stones that are around here, each one has a language of its own.</div> <div> Even the earth has a song.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>   We grieve more because we have been</div> <div>      disconnected from our earth, our first Mother, our</div> <div>      spiritual Mother.</div> <bR> <div>  Larry P. Aitken</div> <div> CHIPPEWA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left</div> <div> as it was... The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no</div> <div> man's business to divide it.</div> <bR> <div> Chief Joseph</div> <div> NEZ PERCE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Words of Wisdom pg.4"><U><I><B>WORDS OF WISDOM, PG 4</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Words of Wisdom and other Interesting In"><U><I><B>BACK TO WORDS OF WISDOM MAIN PAGE</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id35_m.htm" TITLE="Words of Wisdom pg.3"><U><I><B>TOP OF PAGE</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>