Native Americans lived for tens of thousands years BC. But their wisdom remains relevant to the present day. Of course, some of their quotes should be interpreted in a figurative sense.
- A good man sees good signs.
- In order to hear yourself, you need the silent days.
- If you notice that you ride on a dead horse – get down!
- The one who is silent, knows twice as much than the chatterbox.
- There are many ways to smell a skunk.
- “We have to” – only to die.
- First look at the traces of their moccasins before you judge the faults of others.
- Homeland is where you feel good.
- If you have something to say, get up to be seen.
- It is not always that the enemy is an enemy, and a friend – a friend.
- Do not judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
- Everything in the world has its own song.
- The child is a guest in your house – feed, learn, and let go.
- Well spoken word is rather aptly thrown ax.
- Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
- Life goes on inside out. Following this thought, you yourself will become true.
- The soul will not be a rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.
- There is no death. There is only a transition between the worlds.
- Talk to your children when they eat, and what you said will stay, even when you’re gone.
- When you see a rattlesnake preparing to strike, be the first to hit.
- A man must make his own arrows.
- If you tie a horse to a stake, do you expect him to grow fat?
- Everything on the Earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission.
- The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
- Tell me, and I’ll forget; show me, and I may remember; involve me, and I’ll understand.