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Third World Quotes



I have been to the end of the earth.
I have been to the end of the waters.
I have been to the end of the sky.
I have been to the end of the mountains.
I have found none that are not my friends.

-Navajo proverb


Marriage among my people was like traveling in a canoe. The man sat in front and paddled the canoe. The woman sat in the stern but she steered.

-Anonymous


Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.

-Pueblo Blessing


This covers it all, the Earth and the Most High Power whose ways are beautiful.

All is beautiful before me,
All is beautiful behind me,
All is beautiful above me,
All is beautiful around me.

-Navajo Song


The married should live together and children should grow from them. Man and wife should rear their children well, love them, and keep them in health. Love one another and do not strive for another's undoing. Even as you desire good treatment, so render it.

-Handsome Lake, Seneca


Our religion is not one of paint and feathers; it is a thing of the heart.

-Follower of Handsome Lake



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