Quotes from American Indian Proverb

A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass.

After dark all cats are leopards. Zuni

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Every animal knows more than you do. Nez Perce

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.

Man has responsiblity, not power. Tuscarora

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.

We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children.

What the people believe is true. Anishinabe

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. Navajo

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.