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It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.

Black Elk

It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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Darkness Eye Men
Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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Country Native Sacred World
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round.
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Circles Country Native Strong
When we do understand all this deeply in our hearts, then we will fear, and love, and know the Great Spirit, and then we will be and act and live as the Spirit intends.
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Deeply Great Intends Love Spirit
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.
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Bird Bloom Depression Roots Singing
It’s in the darkness of men’s eyes that they get lost.
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Darkness Eye Lost Men
And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
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Breath Country Lightning Native
The center of the universe is everywhere.
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Center Everywhere Universe
He 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.
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Compared Everything Know Prepared World
The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
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Country Native Stars Wind
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
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Earth Feeble Grandfather Voice
The Holy Land is everywhere.
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Inspirational Land Life
I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead – and that one was myself.
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Dead Except Lying People Saws
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….
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Behind Crazy Dreamed Horse Hurt Nothing Real
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.
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Circles Country Native People
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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Circles Country Native Power

It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.

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It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.

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