ALL OF LIFE IS EQUAL

"Another of the Natural laws is that all life is equal. That's our philosophy. You have to respect life---all life, not just your own. the key word is 'respect'. Unless you repect the earth, you destroy it. Unless you respect all life as much as your own life, you become a destroyer, a murderer.


Man sometimes thinks he's been elevated to be the controller, the ruler. But he's not. He's only a part of the whole. Man's job is not to exploit but to oversee, to be a steward. Man has responsibility, not power."

Vernon Cooper, Lumbee Tribe, 1990