Author: Black Elk

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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.

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

- Black Elk

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

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

- Black Elk

I cured with the power that came through me.

I cured with the power that came through me.

- Black Elk

They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear's uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life.

They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear's uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life.

- Black Elk

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

- Black Elk

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

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

- Black Elk

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

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

- Black Elk

You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that I had killed with the power that the Six Grandfathers gave me.

You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that I had killed with the power that the Six Grandfathers gave me.

- Black Elk

A good nation I will make live.

A good nation I will make live.

- Black Elk

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