Quotes Compiled - Native Lakota In the circle, we are all equal. There is no one in front of you and there's nobody behind you. No one is above you; no one is below you. The circle is sacred because it is designed to create unity. ~~ Lakota Wisdom The strength of a tree, the old ones say, comes not from growing thicker in the good years when there is water, but from staying alive in the bad, dry times. -- Joseph M. Marshall III The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History Every life is a circle. And within every life are smaller circles. A part of our lives goes full circle every seven years. We speak of living in cycles of seven. -- Barbara Means Adams, Lakota, 1990