Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the universe, It is every where. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit,… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
My friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things:… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
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… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
“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.… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
