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 at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

Black Elk, medicine man, Oglal Lakota People.

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"The growing and dying of the moon reminds us of our ignorance which comes and goes, but when the moon is full it is as if the Great Spirit were upon the whole world." - Heȟáka Sápa (Black Elk), Oglala Lakota

[ID: Photo of the first quarter moon in the sky at dusk with tall trees around it.]

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Portrait of #BlackElk
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