Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.
BLACK ELKHe who is well prepared is he who knows that he is nothing compared with Wakan-Tanka, who is everything; then he knows that world which is real.
More Black Elk Quotes
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The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.
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Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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I cured with the power that came through me.
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Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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I cured with the power that came through me. Of course, it was not I who cured,it was the power from the Outer World.
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A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.
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They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear’s uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life.
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Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
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It’s in the darkness of men’s eyes that they get lost.
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Know the Power that is Peace.
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Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in differing ways.
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All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.
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The center of the universe is everywhere.
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But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.
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Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his own passions
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