30 Quotes & Sayings By Anasazi Foundation

The Anasazi Foundation was founded in 1999 by former students of John Jacob Astor. The organization sponsors a variety of scholarships and outreach programs in the areas of education, environmental protection, and Native American art and culture. The Foundation’s scholarship program is designed to enable Anasazi students to complete their education and graduate from high school in a timely manner. The Foundation has also established a Native American art department to promote Native American arts in a modern context in order to help the artist reclaim the lost legacy of their ancestors Read more

The Anasazi Foundation provides programming to promote environmental awareness and conservation.

I have learned that the point of life's walk is...
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I have learned that the point of life's walk is not where or how far I move my feet but how I am moved in my heart. Anasazi Foundation
There is a power in nature that man has ignored....
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There is a power in nature that man has ignored. And the result has been heartache and pain. Anasazi Foundation
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Unfortunately, modern man has become so focused on harnessing nature's resources that he has forgotten how to learn from them. If you let them, however, the elements of nature will teach you as they have taught me. Anasazi Foundation
Whether we walk among our people or alone among the...
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Whether we walk among our people or alone among the hills, happiness in life's walking depends on how we feel about others in our hearts. Anasazi Foundation
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We travel only as far and as high as our hearts will take us. Anasazi Foundation
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The success of my journey depended on whether my heart walked forward–toward my people–instead of backward, away from them. Anasazi Foundation
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Mother Earth reintroduced me to my people. Anasazi Foundation
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I have learned that the point of life's walk is not where or how far I move my feet but how I am moved in my heart. If I walk far but am angry toward others as I journey, I walk nowhere. If I conquer mountains but hold grudges against others as I climb, I conquer nothing. If I see much but regard others as enemies, I see no one. Anasazi Foundation
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The most beautiful thing in the world is a heart that is changing. Anasazi Foundation
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No man is as wise as Mother Earth. She has witnessed every human day, every human struggle, every human pain, and every human joy. For maladies of both body and spirit, the wise ones of old pointed man to the hills. For man too is of the dust and Mother Earth stands ready to nurture and heal her children. Anasazi Foundation
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Life is a walking, a journey. So, if life upon Mother Earth is a journey, there are two ways to walk. We can choose to walk forward or we can choose to walk backward. Forward Walking choices are rewarded with consequences that light the way to peace, happiness, joy, comfort, knowledge, and wisdom. Backward Walking choices bring to the Two-Legged beings consequences of misery despair, and darkness. Anasazi Foundation
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Man's obsession with his own wants is taking him further from those without whom happiness cannot be found. It is taking him from his people. Anasazi Foundation
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Mother Earth has never been more crowded, yet her inhabitants have never been more lonely. Anasazi Foundation
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Don't believe the dark whisperings that invite you to walk backward. At any time in your life, you have the power to turn forward. Anasazi Foundation
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There is much to be learned from the world around us–far more than we normally comprehend. The Ancient Ones knew this well–most particularly the wise teachers among them–those who, in the Navajo tongue, were called "Anasazi. Anasazi Foundation
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Would it surprise you to hear that man's unhappiness is due in large measure to the way he is seeking after happiness? You know this already from your own life. For when you have been unhappy, you have been unhappy with others–with your father or mother, your sister or brother, your spouse, your son, your daughter. If unhappiness is with others, wouldn't it stand to reason that happiness must be with others as well? . Anasazi Foundation
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We have found that no modern prescriptions heal the human heart so fully or so well as the prescription of the Ancient Ones. "To the hills, " they would say. To which we would add, "To the trees, the valleys, and the streams, as well." For there is a power in nature that man has ignored. And the result has been heartache and pain. Anasazi Foundation
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Would it surprise you to hear that man's unhappiness is due in large measure to the way he is seeking after happiness? Anasazi Foundation
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At the end of our lives, when our bodies are about to be laid in Mother Earth, we will know for ourselves whether we are a Two-Legged being full of light or a Two-Legged being full of darkness. Anasazi Foundation
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Does your heart walk forward in the light? Anasazi Foundation
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The outward light is but a reflection of the inner. Anasazi Foundation
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I speak of the Creator. He has walked with me often in my journeys, and it has been by learning to walk with Him that I have learned to walk forward. Anasazi Foundation
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As great as is the light above us, greater by far is the light within. Anasazi Foundation
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Each morning offers lessons in light. For the morning light teaches the most basic of truths: Light chases away darkness. Anasazi Foundation
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Light chases away darkness. Anasazi Foundation
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We need help from above if we are to make progress in our journeys. Anasazi Foundation
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We who lose our footing have lost our way. Anasazi Foundation