10 Wise and Spiritual Native American Proverbs

1.Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. - Tribe Unknown

2. 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

3.Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations. Luther Standing Bear

4.At the centre of the Universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that centre is really everywhere.It is within each of us. - Black Elk

5.Honor the sacred. Honor the Earth, our Mother. Honor all with whom we share the Earth.Walk in balance and beauty. - Tribe Unknown

6. 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 Proverb

7.When the blood in your veins returns to the sea, and the earth in your bones returns to the ground, perhaps then you will remember that this land does not belong to you, it is you who belongs to this land. - Tribe Unknown

​8.Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there. ― Vine Deloria Jr.

9.Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same. - Crow

10.When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last River Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money. - Cree Indian Proverb