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15 Native American proverbs that will feed your soul

 

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 “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
 

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 “All dreams spin out from the same web.” – Hopi
 
 “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
 
“Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.” – Hopi
 
 “Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the Creator.”  – Mohawk
 
 “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

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

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

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

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