"Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs……" — Black Elk
"Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours."
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75 Quotes by Black Elk
Black Elk has 75 quotes on this site.
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Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching…
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Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a…
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I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my…
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Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree;…
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We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit…
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Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the…
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The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a…
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The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all…
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Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The…
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Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in…
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But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are…
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More Bird Quotes
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Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
— Neil Armstrong
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What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and…
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Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone…
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Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know…
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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime…
— John James Audubon
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
— Abu Bakr
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If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that…
— Douglas Adams
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What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish,…
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Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California…
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I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
— James M. Barrie
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I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
— Lynda Barry
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A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?
— Drew Barrymore
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