Clouds Quote by Black Elk

Give me strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.

— Black Elk

So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.

— 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:…

— 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…

— Black Elk

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles.

— 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…

— Black Elk

It's in the darkness of men's eyes that they get lost.

— 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.…

— Black Elk

Everything tries to be round.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Black Elk