An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: A fight is going on inside me, he said to the boy. It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too. The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather,Which wolf will win? The old Cherokee simply replied, The one you feed.
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Walk tall as the trees, live strong as the mountains, be gentle as the spring winds, keep the warmth of the summer sun in your heart, and the great spirit will always be with you.
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If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Minquass
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The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
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After dark all cats are leopards. Zuni
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The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry.
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Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
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It is easy to be brave from a distance.
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He who is present at a wrongdoing and does not lift a hand to prevent it, is as guilty as the wrongdoers.
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We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children.
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If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. Navajo
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A good soldier is a poor scout.
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Every animal knows more than you do. Nez Perce
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Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.
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Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
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You already possess everything necessary to become great.
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In age, talk; in childhood, tears.
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What the people believe is true. Anishinabe
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Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.
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I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.
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Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has ben poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.
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We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
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A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass. Sioux
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Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.
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Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
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Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves.
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Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.
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It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.
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Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the last fish has been caught; Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.
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