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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.

Black Elk

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
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.
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Country Men Native People Thinking
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
I cured with the power that came through me.
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Advertising Agencies Country Dream Native Power
The Holy Land is everywhere.
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Inspirational Land Life
Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body; but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
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Fog Glowing Meaning Talk Thinking Words
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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Close Doing Everything Foolish
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
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.
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Anything Country Horse Native Summer Years
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.
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Good Memory People Some Vision
Behold this day. It is yours to make.
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Behold Inspirational Life
We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the trees, the grasses, the rivers, the mountains, and the four-legged and winged peoples; and even more important.
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Animal Great Heart Important Rivers Spirit
A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.
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Given Make Nations Over Said
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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Inspirational Life Peace
The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal.
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Animal Country Down Hawk Lament Swoops
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were.
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Circles Country Moving Native

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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