Native (North) American proverbs

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Native (North) American proverbs

Postby Masato » Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:08 pm

seems like good advice:


“Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.” - Hopi

“It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.” - Apache

“All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them.” -Arapaho

“Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand.” – Tribe Unknown

“When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us.” – Arapaho

“Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.” – Blackfoot

“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”- Blackfoot

“When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.” -Cherokee

“Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river.” - Tuscarora

“Our first teacher is our own heart.” - Cheyenne

“Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the Creator.” - Mohawk

“Man’s law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.” - Crow

“There is no death, only a change of worlds.” - Duwamish

“You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” - Navajo

“All dreams spin out from the same web.” - Hopi

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Postby SRBrant » Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:34 am

"If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both." --Unknown

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Postby What » Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:43 am

love the wisdom of our native predecessors, these quotes are simply brilliant.

i used to tell my mother when as young as I cant remember.....that I was brought to them as a newborn baby by an owl, that i was originally part of a tribe and by error left with them LOL. No idea where this came from though I have always been very interested about native "legend" art and had a strong empathy towards their struggles and plight in history and current events.

as a civilization that admires progress and almost admonishes the wilds we need to tame, we are so far removed from the simplicities in and of life. all indigenous nations have always so respected the land and nature to try to meld and fit rather than to manipulate and conquer

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Postby Masato » Fri Apr 29, 2016 4:56 pm

trip on this, mofos:

what a time/place to have been alive!










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Postby theraskal » Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:18 pm

“Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.” - Hopi

“It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.” - Apache



those first two quotes really capture the unique differences and diversity of Native American peoples.....I am also of the opinion that there is also a lot of timeless universality in human nature and that we are as same as we are different and all struggle with the same emotional flaws which it is our spiritual test to recognize, suffer, and endeavor to manage through cultivation of disciplined character


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