Top 86 Quotes & Sayings by Black Elk - Page 2

A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.

And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.

The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.

Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.

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; the visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds. 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.

Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.

I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.

Every place is the center of the world.

Whether it happened so or not I do not know; but if you think about it you can see that it is true.

But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.

It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.

When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.

Everything tries to be round.

The power of the world always works in circles.

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. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.

Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.

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. The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal. For instance, the coyote is sly, so is the Indian. The eagle is the same. That is why the Indian is always feathered up, he is a relative to the wings of the air.

Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.

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.

Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.

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.

The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.

It's in the darkness of men's eyes that they get lost.

Give me strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.

Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.

The Holy Land is everywhere.