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Black Elk48 quotes“If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.”
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It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.
Black ElkBlack Elk 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
Black ElkBlack Elk Behold this day. It is yours to make.
Black ElkBlack Elk Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that world….
Black ElkBlack Elk You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer.
Black ElkBlack Elk It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
Black ElkBlack Elk 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.
Black ElkBlack Elk And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
Black ElkBlack Elk A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.
Black ElkBlack Elk 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 ElkBlack Elk So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation’s hoop I thrust it in the earth.
Black ElkBlack Elk We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the trees, the grasses, the rivers, the mountains, and the four-legged and winged peoples; and even more important.
Black ElkBlack Elk The Holy Land is everywhere.
Black ElkBlack Elk We should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.
Black ElkBlack Elk And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.
Black ElkBlack Elk Everything tries to be round.
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No one would get into doing a black-and-white comic because they thought it might be a route to riches.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine Just because you’re doing something doesn’t mean that you’re fearless but you get up every day and you do it. It takes a lot of courage to be real.
Adrienne BailonAdrienne Bailon Whatever, I copied all through school, and look how well I’m doing today.
Adrian YoungAdrian Young You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.
Adrian TanAdrian Tan I do it because it comes from my heart. As long as I keep doing that, I’m satisfied.
Adrian PetersonAdrian Peterson Once I get comfortable and feel a part of what I’m doing.
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