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… - Black Elk

Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the universe, It is every where.

At the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.

Wherever we went, the soldiers came to kill us, And it was all our own country. It was ours already when the Wasichus made the treaty with Red Cloud, that said it would be ours is long as grass should grow and water flow. That was only eight winter’s before, and they were chasing us now because we remembered and they forgot.

This they tell, and whether it happened so or not I do not know, but if you think about it, you can see that it is true.

All the things of the universe are joined with you who smoke the pipe — All send their voices to Wakan-Tanka, the Great Spirit. When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.