Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that world.... It was this vision that gave him his great power, for when he went into a fight, he had only to think of that world to be in it again, so that he could go through anything and not be hurt

When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.

And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.

If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.

Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in differing ways.

One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.

The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.