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.
BLACK ELKThe center of the universe is everywhere.
More Black Elk Quotes
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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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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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So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation’s hoop I thrust it in the earth.
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As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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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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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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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.
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It is not enough to have a vision. In order to have its power, you must enact your vision on earth for all to see. Only then do you have the power.
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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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Know the Power that is Peace.
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The Universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle, and all the circles are connected to each other.
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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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But the Wasichus came, and they have made little islands for us and other little islands for the four-leggeds, and always these islands are becoming smaller, for around them surges the gnawing flood of the Wasichu; and it is dirty with lies and greed.
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The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.
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