But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.
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I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.
Black ElkBlack Elk You’re free to dream however you wish,” Nollin teased. “But don’t ask the rest of us to share your unrealistic-” “Then don’t ask us to share your weakness!” Jason interrupted.
Brandon MullBrandon Mull We cannot tolerate one mistake from others, and yet God tolerates a planet covered with His own creation that live their entire lives sinning and denying Him, and yet continues to feed, clothe and protect them.
Yasmin MogahedYasmin Mogahed As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
Black ElkBlack Elk One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it’s my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs.
Zooey DeschanelZooey Deschanel The power of the world always works in circles.
Black ElkBlack Elk Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were.
Black ElkBlack Elk 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.
Black ElkBlack Elk Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
Black ElkBlack Elk 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.
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