SAYINGS OF TIME-HONORED TRUTH AND CONTEMPORARY WISDOM FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES

Why will you take by force what you may obtain by love?

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.

He who serves his fellows is the greatest of all.

If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can be as gentle as a dove.

The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.

A sin against a neighbor is an offense against the Great Spirit.

Reflections on life, sage advice, and eye-opening observations expressed in common Latino sayings and proverbs from the individual cultures of Mexico, Central America, and South America.

• He who speaks sows, and he who listens harvests.

• Don't be like the shadow: a constant companion, yet not a comrade.

• A good beginning is half the work done.

• Envy shoots at others and wounds herself.

• The new pleases and the old satisfies.

• Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of another without putting his thumb on the scales.