The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.
BLACK ELKI saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.
More Black Elk Quotes
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Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.
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The center of the universe is everywhere.
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For instance, the coyote is sly, so is the Indian. The eagle is the same. That is why the Indian is always feathered up, he is a relative to the wings of the air.
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The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.
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Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations.
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Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
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All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.
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Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
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There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.
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Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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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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The life of an Indian is like the wings of the air. That is why you notice the hawk knows how to get his prey. The Indian is like that.
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We should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.
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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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