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 ELKIt 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.
More Black Elk Quotes
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And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.
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We should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.
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The center of the universe is everywhere.
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It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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I was four years old then, and I think it must have been the next summer that I first heard the voices.
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The visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds.
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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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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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All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.
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Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
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It’s in the darkness of men’s eyes that they get lost.
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The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.
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Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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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
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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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