“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