“Memories are their own descendents masquerading as the ancestors of the present.”
“It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
“I’m not descended from anybody. All my ancestors are ascending from me.”
“Remember your ancestors, dream of your descendants and work hard while you're living.”
“The truth is that we all are one, that all of us together create god, that god is not man's ancestor, but his descendant.”
“We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted. Each of us contains within us this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise.”