Everything an Indian does is in a circle,
and that is because the Power of the World
always works in circles, and everything
tries to be round.
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The sky is round
and the earth is round like a ball,
and so are all the stars.
The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles,
for theirs is the same religion as ours.

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The sun comes forth
and goes down again in a circle.
The moon does the same, and both are round.
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing,
and always come back again to where they were.
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The life of a man is a circle
from childhood to childhood, and so it is
in everything where power moves.

— Black Elk