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Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the universe, It is every where.

Black Elk

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Black Elk
Age: 86 †
Born: 1863
Born: December 1
Died: 1950
Died: August 19
Heyoka
Medicine Man
Tribal Chief
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And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.
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It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.
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I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.
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Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.
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Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.
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But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.
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When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.
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To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.
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Every place is the center of the world.
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I was four years old then, and I think it must have been the next summer that I first heard the voices.
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A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.
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Know the Power that is Peace.
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I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.
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Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his own passions
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There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.
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It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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The power of the world always works in circles.
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So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.
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When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around.
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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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