Great Throughts Treasury

"Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow is wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly."

"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy."

"You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks."

"A smile explains everything."

"Always treat children with respect; they will replace you one day."

"Bring? It cannot follow by itself."

"Don?t eat snow when you are thirsty."

"Follow my footprints."

"Everyone is expected to contribute to life, regardless their physical/mental state."

"If you have nothing good to say, don?t say anything at all."

"If your eye lids keep moving by themselves (twitching), you will very shortly, meet the person who is thinking of you."

"If you swallow caribou hair while eating, you will get an itchy ass."

"Keep following a wounded animal until you get it. Leaving a wounded animal will bring bad luck. Never allow an animal to suffer."

"If your lips keep twitching by themselves, then someone is talking about you."

"Reading to oneself is boring; read to others and share."

"Snow is your best friend."

"They will find you in a standing position if you don?t dress properly."

"They will leave you in a standing position and leave you there if you wear those clothes."

"Shoot to kill. I shoot, I kill. Use one bullet, no more."

"Treat your grandchildren like your own children."

"You can get married when you can sew well."

"Your dogs should be raised like the way you raise children."

"You can get married when you can build an igloo."