Native American Quotes by Black Elk

Black Elk

Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.

Bird

Circles

Native American

Black Elk

But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.

Eye

Men

Native American

Black Elk

Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.

Circles

Moving

Native American

Black Elk

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

Circles

Doe

Native American

Black Elk

Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.

Circles

Doe

Native American

Black Elk

Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.

Native American

Sacred

World

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 them many things which older people miss.

Children

Heart

Native American

Black Elk

I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.

Circles

Native American

Shapes

Black Elk

Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.

Grandfather

Native American

Wish

Black Elk

Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations.

Honesty

Inspirational

Native American

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Geronimo

Oscar Lopez Rivera

Wooden Leg

Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Ahimsa

Air

All Things

Animal

Attention

Beautiful

Bird

Boys

Breaths

Children

Circles

Clouds

Country

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Death

Depression

Dirty

Doe

Dream

Earth

Eye

Fall

Father

Fog

Garden

Girl

Give Me Strength

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Glowing

Grandfather

Heart

Honesty

Horse

Inspirational

Inspirational Life

Life

Lightning

Lying

Memories

Men

Moon

Mother

Mountain

Moving

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Nature

Numbers

Opportunity

Peace

People

Power

Prayer

Real

Relationship

Rivers

Roots

Running

Sacred

Shapes

Sky

Song

Stars

Steps

Thinking

Two

Uncles

Understanding

Unity

Vision

Voice

Wake Up

Waking

Warrior

White

Wind

Winter

Wisdom

Wish

World

Would Be

Native American Quotes by Black Elk

Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.

But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.

Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.

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

Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.

Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.

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.

I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.

Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.

Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations.

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