The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.

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

It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.

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

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.

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training.

The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.

Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character.

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.

The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.

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

Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.

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

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

Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old.

The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.

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

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

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.

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.

You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country.

When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality.

In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.

The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.

It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from the South - Tennessee, to be exact - and down there, we're all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad has to approve of him!

No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.

The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.

A part of the placidity of the South comes from the sense of well-being that follows the heart-and-body-warming consumption of breads fresh from the oven. We serve cold baker's bread to our enemies, trusting that they will never impose on our hospitality again.

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

Anybody that's been in Indiana for five minutes knows that Hoosier hospitality is not a slogan, it's a reality.

As a traditional Jew, I have benefited personally from the hospitality of Chabad Hasidim on many occasions, and I marvel at how many Jews Chabad has brought back to their primordial home.

Central Philippines has the competitive edge in tourism in its natural wonders and the extraordinary hospitality of its people.

Even for southerners, Arkansans are amazingly friendly and extend hospitality to all strangers with astonishing openness. You couldn't find a pretension in that state if you hunted from Jonesboro to El Dorado.

Hospitality exists when you believe that the other person is on your side.

Hospitality is present when something happens for you. It is absent when something happens to you. Those two simple prepositions - for and to - express it all.

Hospitality knows no gender or race.

How can you franchise hospitality?

I came from a hospitality background and saw that 80 percent of seats in cars weren't occupied most of the time.

I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality.