The wisdom of the native American Indians is unbounded and tremendously powerful, enough to transform the human consciousness and help us lead a more peaceful, close-to-nature, compassionate life.
Below are 31 hand-picked native american quotes on life and death which, by contemplating on them, can transmit you great insights that could alter your very state of being.
May you learn and enjoy.
1. “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.” – Crowfoot
2. “Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.” – Hopi
3. “Day and night cannot dwell together.” – Duwamish
4. ‘It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.” – Apache
5. “They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind.” – Tuscarora
6.”All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them.” – Arapaho
7. ‘Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand.” – Tribe Unknown
8. “When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us.” – Arapaho
9. “If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come.” – Arapaho
10. “Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves.” – Assiniboine
11. “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
12. “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
13. “Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river.” – Tuscarora
14. “The weakness of the enemy makes our strength.” – Cherokee
15. “When the white man discovered this country Indians were running it. No taxes, no debt, women did all the work. White man thought he could improve on a system like this.” – Cherokee
16. “A good soldier is a poor scout.” – Cheyenne
17. “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.” – Dakota
18. “Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins.” – Cheyenne
19. “There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnake’s tail.” – Navajo
20. “Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.” – Lakota
21. “Our first teacher is our own heart.” – Cheyenne
22. “Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.” – Maricopa
23. “All who have died are equal.” – Comanche
24. “What the people believe is true.” – Anishinabe
25. “You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” – Navajo
26. “Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark.” – Cheyenne
27. “He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.” – Seneca
29. “If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.” – Cheyenne
30. “A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.” – Iowa
31. “When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.” – Lakota
Thanks to The Unbounded Spirit for this article
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