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title: "1 Family Circle Quotes By Black Elk"
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> [The Universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle, and all the circles are connected to each other. Each family is a circle, and those family circles connect together and make a community, and the community makes its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/the-universe-is-circles-within-circles-and-everything-is-one-circle/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

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## More by Black Elk

> [Give me strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/give-me-strength-to-walk-the-soft-earth-a-relative-to-all-that-is/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/so-i-took-the-bright-red-stick-and-at-the-center-of-the-nation-s-hoop/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/we-should-understand-well-that-all-things-are-the-work-of-the-great/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/hear-me-four-quarters-of-the-world-a-relative-i-am-give-me-the/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/everything-an-indian-does-is-in-a-circle-and-that-is-because-the/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/grown-men-can-learn-from-very-little-children-for-the-hearts-of/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [It's in the darkness of men's eyes that they get lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/it-s-in-the-darkness-of-men-s-eyes-that-they-get-lost/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [“And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud, and was buried in the blizzard. A people's dream died there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/and-i-can-see-that-something-else-died-there-in-the-bloody-mud-and/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [Everything tries to be round.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/everything-tries-to-be-round/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/grown-men-may-learn-from-very-little-children-for-the-hearts-of/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/the-boys-of-my-people-began-very-young-to-learn-the-ways-of-men-and/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/i-know-now-what-this-meant-that-the-bison-were-the-gift-of-a-good/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the universe, It is every where.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/peace-will-come-to-the-hearts-of-men-when-they-realize-their-oneness/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/i-think-i-have-told-you-but-if-i-have-not-you-must-have-understood/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

> [You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/you-remember-that-my-great-vision-came-to-me-when-i-was-only-nine/)

[Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/)

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