“Check all movements of the mind for one moment only, stop all desires and all thoughts for one second only, especially the first of “I”, for one instant only, and you are beyond the cycle of birth and death forever.  This cycle is samsara, your own imagination.”  Papaji

“There comes a time in your life when you simply have to be still.  Being still does not mean doing nothing.  It means consciously tuning in to the Self.  Being still means listening within for the guidance or answers you need.”  Iyanla Vanzant

“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