“When a tree falls, a star also falls.
When the forest is gone, we will be gone.”

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—Contemporary Mayan Elder Chan Kin

Only when the last tree is cut down.
Only when the last river is poisoned.
Only when the last fish has been caught.
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.

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—Cree Indian prophecy

Not the cry but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.

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—Chinese proverb