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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 Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
Black ElkBlack Elk It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on this earth, and this understanding may aid us in preparing for our own death.
Black ElkBlack Elk Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.
Black ElkBlack Elk I was four years old then, and I think it must have been the next summer that I first heard the voices.
Black ElkBlack Elk There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.
Black ElkBlack Elk It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.
Black ElkBlack Elk The visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds.
Black ElkBlack Elk Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
Black ElkBlack Elk 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.
Black ElkBlack Elk I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.
Black ElkBlack Elk The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal.
Black ElkBlack Elk 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.
Black ElkBlack Elk I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.
Black ElkBlack Elk
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From our community writers
Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
Juwairiyyah OlgarJuwairiyyah Olgar
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Unless you stop trying, how can you not fail anymore.
PewDiePiePewDiePie Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Your liberals and radicals all want to govern. They want to try it their way- to show that people will be happier if the power is wielded in a different way or for different purposes. But how do they know? Have they ever tried it? No, it’s merely their guess.
B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. I think that’s a powerful message in this time of political strife.
Viola DavisViola Davis Barcelona is always a club that, at the beginning of the season, wants to win everything. I will try my best to do that with them and I’m sure I will help as much as I can.
Thierry HenryThierry Henry When you try to help people become a better person, you’re going to have to find out what’s really going in their world.
Ray LewisRay Lewis In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
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