"In a sense, the American Indian perceives all that exists as symbolic. This outlook has given currency to the concept…"

"Symbols in American Indian systems are not symbolic in the usual sense of the word. The words articulate reality—not …"

"The symbol is the tool which gives man his power, and it is the same tool whether the symbols are images or words, ma…"

"[S]ymbols have a reach and a roundness that goes beyond their literal and practical meaning. They are the rich concep…"

"King Arthur had a dream, too. Of a world where might served right, instead of subjugating it. His knights of the Roun…"

"We are symbols, and inhabit symbols."

"We often dismiss controversies or concerns by waving our hands and saying something like, “Oh, that’s merely symbolic…"

"I think, here is your emblem To hang in the future sky; Not the cross, not the hive, But this; bright power, dark pea…"

"Reason will not decide at last; the sword will decide. The sword: an obsolete instrument of bronze or steel, formerly…"

"We Indians live in a world of symbols and images where the spiritual and the commonplace are one. To you symbols are …"