that all things are the works of the Great Spirit. We should know that He is within all things the trees, the grasses, the rivers, the mountains, and all the four-legged animals, and the winged peoples; and even more important, we should understand that He is also above these things and peoples.” BLACK ELK –“We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the trees, grass, rivers, mountains, the fourlegged and winged peoples; and even more important, we should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples. When we do understand all this deeply in our hearts, then we will fear, and love, and know the Great spirit, and then we will be and act and live as the Spirit intends.” BLACK ELK –“Why is the drum often the only instrument we use in our sacred rites? it is because the round form of the drum represents the whole universe, and its steady strong beat is the pulse, the heart, throbbing at the centre of the universe. It is the voice of Wakan Tanka, and this sound stirs us and helps us to understand the mystery and power of all things.” BLACKFOOT –“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset…” BLAISE PASCAL– “In faith there is enough light for those who want to believes and enough shadows to blind those who won’t.” BLAISE PASCAL –“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” BLAISE PASCAL –“Men never do evil so
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