Black Elk Quotes

I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which... is with...

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within ...

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when th...

And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have bee...

I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age, I ca...

Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore ...

And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore,...

To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.

You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought ...

I cured with the power that came through me.

The Holy Land is everywhere

I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is...

Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of ...

If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was.

I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but...

Perhaps you have noticed that even in the slightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood ...

Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of all things. Th...

But now that I can see it all as from a lonely hilltop, I know it was the story of a mighty vision g...