Quotes by : Black Elk

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

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

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

And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

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

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

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

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

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

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