"Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss." ― Black Elk Topic(s): Great More From Black Elk "Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking." "Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice." "There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men." More In Great "After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs."― Emily Dickinson "A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections."― George Eliot "Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."― Jack Kerouac