“And then I learned the spiritual journey had nothing to do with being nice.  It is about being real, authentic.  Having boundaries.  Honoring my space first, others second.  And in this space of self-care being nice just happened, it flowed not motivated by fear but by love.”  Michelle Olak

“Then again it may be said, there is a purpose, and there is again a purpose under each purpose; and yet beyond and beneath all purposes there is no purpose.  The creation is, because it is.”  Hazrat Inayat Kahn

“If you happen to come across the news and you see anything that troubles you, challenge yourself.  Come up with a good reason why God did this.  That’ll change your entire mind.  Why did God do this?”  Matt Kahn

“What is rooted out in the quest of truth is ignorance; it is entirely removed from the heart, and the outlook becomes wide; as wide as the Eye of God; therein is born the divine Spirit, the spirit, which is called Divinity.”  Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Intellect is the knowledge obtained by experience of names and form; wisdom is the knowledge which manifests only from the inner being; to acquire intellect one must delve into studies, but to obtain wisdom, nothing but the flow of divine mercy is needed; it is a natural as the instinct of swimming to the fish or flying to the bird.”  Hazrat Inayat Khan

“There can be no rebirth without a dark night of the soul, a total annihilation of all that you believed in and thought you were.”  Hazrat Inayat Khan

“People are rivers, always ready to move from one state of being into another.  It is not fair, to treat people as if they are finished beings.  Everyone is always becoming and unbecoming.”  Kathleen Winter

“Dancing is not rising to your feet painlessly like a whirl of dust blown about by the wind.  Dancing is when you rise above both worlds, tearing your heart to pieces and giving up your soul.”  Rumi

“Most of us just haven’t learned to pay much attention to the countless hours of love, kindness, and care that surround us each day: a child at the store reaching for her mother’s hand, an elderly stranger at the park who smiles upon a young family, a grocery clerk who beams at you as she hands you your change.”  John Makransky