The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand. – Charles Eastman
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. – Charles Eastman
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. – Charles Eastman
It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while were alive – to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross