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One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.

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Black Elk
Age: 86 †
Born: 1863
Born: December 1
Died: 1950
Died: August 19
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Every place is the center of the world.
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The power of the world always works in circles.
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Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
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Behold this day. It is yours to make.
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It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on this earth, and this understanding may aid us in preparing for our own death. He who is well prepared is he who knows that he is nothing compared with Wakan-Tanka, who is everything then he knows that world which is real.
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The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls.
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