"Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world……" — Black Elk
"Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that world.... It was this vision that gave him his great power, for when he went into a fight, he had only to think of that world to be in it again, so that he could go through anything and not be hurt"
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Black Elk
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75 Quotes by Black Elk
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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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