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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 Elk

Topics: All Things Being Like Live Manner More Must Sacred Saw Seeing Shape Shapes Spirit Stood Tell Than Things Together Understood While I Can

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And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.

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Topics: Center Children Circle Daylight Father Flowering Grew Hoop Hoops Made Many Mighty Mother People Sacred Say Shelter Tree Wide

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And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

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Topics: Breath Breathed Lightning

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Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

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Topics: Dreams Sometimes Than Waking Wiser

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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.

~Black Elk

Topics: Again Also Away Body Could Feel Fog Get Glowing Lay Like Make Me Meaning Part Power See Strange Talks Thinking Try Vision Words Would

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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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Topics: Between First Known Men Nations Never Peace Souls True Until Which Within

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And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, 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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Topics: Been Come Did Dreamed Duty Even Fear Forced Good Great Had Less Man Me Memory Might Never People Some Than Vision Who

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Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.

~Black Elk

Topics: Children Great Great Spirit Grown Hearts Learn Little Little Children Many May Men Miss Older Older People People Pure Show Spirit Them Therefore Things Very Which

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The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls.

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Topics: Began Boy Doing Girl Just Learn Learned Like Men Now People Saw Taught Time Us Very Warriors Ways Were Young

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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.

~Black Elk

Topics: After Am Beautiful Because Did Die Done Even Good Know Man May Meaning Meaning Of Old Old Man Only Pitiful Right Save See Sooner Think Though Vision Way Wise You I Think I Am

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Type: Leader

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