Help us learn the lessons you have left us here,
in every leaf and rock.
(Native American Prayer, translation by Michael R. Burch)
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The troublemaker's way is thorny.
— Native American proverb, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords/tags: Native American, translation, troublemaker, thorn, thorny, wisdom, way, path, journey
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Knowledge interprets the past, wisdom foresees the future. — Native American proverb, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords/tags: Native American, translation, past, future, knowledge, wisdom, judgement
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We will be remembered tomorrow by the tracks we leave today. — Native American proverb, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords/tags: Native American, future, memory
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One foot in the boat, one foot in the canoe, and you end up in the river.
— Native American proverb, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords/tags: Native American, water, river, vacillation, fence-sitting
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Beware the eloquence of the rattlesnake's tail. — Native American saying, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords/tags: Native American, nature, rattlesnake, eloquence, spoken word, speech
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The more we wonder, the more we understand.
— Native American proverb, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords/tags: Native American, translation, nature, wisdom, understanding
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Speak less thunder, wield more lightning.
—Native American proverb, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords: Native American, nature, power, lightning, thunder, speech, speak, speaking
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What is life?
The flash of a firefly.
The breath of a winter buffalo.
The shadow scooting across the grass that vanishes with sunset.
—Blackfoot saying, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords/tags: Native American, translation, life, nature
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Before you judge
a man for his sins
be sure to trudge
many moons in his moccasins.
(Native American proverb, translation by Michael R. Burch, keywords/tags: judgement, anti-bullying, tolerance, understanding, sympathy, words of wisdom)
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