"While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation."
Maya Angelou

"To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without roots."
Chinese Proverb

"Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all of my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands."
Linda Hogan (Native American Writer)

"We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom."
Maya Angelou

"Remember me in the family tree My name, my days, my strife; Then I'll ride upon the wings of time and live an endless life."
Linda Goetsch