Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.

As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.

I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.

I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.

To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.

The life of an Indian is like the wings of the air. That is why you notice the hawk knows how to get his prey. The Indian is like that. The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal. For instance, the coyote is sly, so is the Indian. The eagle is the same. That is why the Indian is always feathered up, he is a relative to the wings of the air.

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.