Black Elk Inspirational Quotations

After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked.

Behold this day. It is yours to make.

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

And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.

The Holy Land is everywhere.

Know the Power that is Peace.

All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.