Our pleasures are shallow, our sorrows are deep.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Touching the earth equates to having harmony with nature.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Nature
No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: War
Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Foresight, Money, Wealth
Man has responsibility, not power.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Responsibility, Proverbial Wisdom
When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
The greatest strength is gentleness.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
No answer is also an answer.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom, Decisions
It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.
—American Indian Proverb
The river is my brother for it carries my canoe.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Brothers
Every animal knows more than you do.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Knowledge, Proverbial Wisdom, Proverbs, Wildlife
Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Man’s law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
One rain does not make a crop.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
A danger foreseen is half-avoided.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Pray to understand what man has forgotten.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
I have been to the end of the earth,
I have been to the end of the waters,
I have been to the end of the sky,
I have been to the end of the mountains,
I have found none that are not my friends.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Thoughts are like arrows: once released, they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may be your own victim.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Judgment, Judging, Judges
The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark.
—American Indian Proverb
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
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