Toki Pona proverbs
ale li jo e tenpo.
There is a time and place for everything. Everything in its right context.
ale li pona.
Life is great. All is good. Life is beautiful. Everything will be OK.
ante li kama.
Change comes. Times change.
ike li kama.
Bad things will happen. Bad comes. Shit happens.
jan li suli mute. mani li suli lili.
People are more important than money.
jan sona li jan nasa.
A wise man is a fool. A genius thinks unconventionally.
lupa meli li mama ale.
A woman's womb is the mother of all things.
mi pona e ale mi, la mi pona e mi.
When I improve all areas of my life, I am making myself good.
mi weka e ike jan, la mi weka e ike mi.
When I forgive and forget somebody's wrongdoings, I cleanse myself of negativity.
nasin ante li pona tawa jan ante.
Different ways are good for different people. Different strokes for different folks.
nasin pona li mute.
The good ways are many. There are many right ways of doing things. There are many valid truths. All roads lead to Rome.
o olin e jan poka.
Love thy neighbour.
o sona e sina!
Know thyself!
o toki ala. o pali.
Stop thinking. Do stuff.
pali li pana e sona.
Actions give knowledge. One learns by experience.
pilin pona li pana e sijelo pona.
Positive feelings grant good health. Mind over matter.
sin en ante li sin e lawa li pana e sona.
Novelty and change freshen the mind and bring insight.
sina pana e ike, la sina kama jo e ike.
If you give evil, you will receive evil. What negativity you send out will return to you.
suno li lon poka pimeja.
Light is beside darkness. Opposites are interconnected. Yin and yang.
toki pona li toki pona.
Toki Pona is a good language.
wawa li lon insa.
Energy comes from inside. Youth is all in the heart.
weka lili li pona tawa lawa.
Temporary isolation is good for meditation. It is good to remove yourself momentarily from something to really understand it.
wile sona li mute e sona.
Curiosity feeds wisdom. One learns by asking questions.
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