--- title: "16 Native Quotes By Black Elk" description: "16 Native quotes by Black Elk. Plus more from Black Elk and more Native sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/black-elk-6745_american-indian_everything-the-power-of-the-world-does-i_3018830.png" --- > [Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/everything-the-power-of-the-world-does-is-done-in-a-circle/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/black-elk-6745_american-indian_everything-the-power-of-the-world-does-i_3018830.png) > [Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/everywhere-is-the-center-of-the-world-everything-is-sacred/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/black-elk-6745_center_everywhere-is-the-center-of-the-world-ev_1854198.png) > [The power of the world always works in circles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/the-power-of-the-world-always-works-in-circles/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/black-elk-6745_american-indian_the-power-of-the-world-always-works-in-c_2627982.png) > [Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/birds-make-their-nest-in-circles-for-theirs-is-the-same-religion-as/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/black-elk-6745_american-indian_birds-make-their-nest-in-circles-for-the_3044054.png) > [I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/i-saw-more-than-i-can-tell-and-i-understood-more-than-i-saw/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/black-elk-6745_american-indian_i-saw-more-than-i-can-tell-and-i-underst_1492796.png) > [The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/the-song-and-the-drumming-were-like-this-behold-a-sacred-voice-is/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/black-elk-6745_calling_the-song-and-the-drumming-were-like-this_506854.png) > [But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/but-if-the-vision-was-true-and-mighty-as-i-know-it-is-true-and-mighty/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/black-elk-6745_darkness_but-if-the-vision-was-true-and-mighty-as_2384885.png) > [If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/if-i-thought-that-i-was-doing-it-myself-the-hole-would-close-up-and/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/black-elk-6745_foolish_if-i-thought-that-i-was-doing-it-myself_1800657.png) > [Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/black-elk-6745_american-indian_grown-men-may-learn-from-very-little-chi_246858.png) > [Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/like-the-grasses-showing-tender-faces-to-each-other-thus-should-we-do/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/black-elk-6745_faces_like-the-grasses-showing-tender-faces-to_1110687.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/black-elk-6745_american-indian_everything-an-indian-does-is-in-a-circle_76026.png) > [The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/the-sky-is-round-and-i-have-heard-that-the-earth-is-round-like-a-ball/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/black-elk-6745_american-indian_the-sky-is-round-and-i-have-heard-that-t_2603316.png) > [Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/even-the-seasons-form-a-great-circle-in-their-changing-and-always/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/black-elk-6745_american-indian_even-the-seasons-form-a-great-circle-in_1552925.png) > [Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/everything-an-indian-does-is-in-a-circle-and-that-is-because-the-2/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/black-elk-6745_american-indian_everything-an-indian-does-is-in-a-circle_730872.png) > [I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/i-was-standing-on-the-highest-mountain-of-them-all-and-round-about/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/black-elk-6745_all-things_i-was-standing-on-the-highest-mountain-o_2527973.jpg) > [The life of an Indian is like the wings of the air. That is why you notice the hawk knows how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/the-life-of-an-indian-is-like-the-wings-of-the-air-that-is-why-you/) [Black Elk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-elk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/black-elk-6745_air_the-life-of-an-indian-is-like-the-wings_851700.png) ## Other authors on Native ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/native/black-elk/#itemlist", "name": "16 Native Quotes By Black Elk", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Black Elk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-elk/everything-the-power-of-the-world-does-is-done-in-a-circle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/black-elk-6745_american-indian_everything-the-power-of-the-world-does-i_3018830.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/black-elk-6745_american-indian_everything-the-power-of-the-world-does-i_3018830.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/black-elk-6745_american-indian_everything-the-power-of-the-world-does-i_3018830.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.” — Black Elk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everywhere is the center of the world. 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