I cured with the power that came through me. Of course, it was not I who cured,it was the power from the Outer World.
BLACK ELKAll over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.
More Black Elk Quotes
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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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Everything tries to be round.
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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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Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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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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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.
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Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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The Great Spirit is everywhere; He hears whatever is in our minds and our hearts, and it is not necessary to speak to Him in a loud voice.
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The life of an Indian is like the wings of the air. That is why you notice the hawk knows how to get his prey. The Indian is like that.
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The Holy Land is everywhere.
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The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.
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Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in differing ways.
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And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
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Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
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Know the Power that is Peace.
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