The way the night knows itself with the moon, be that way with me. Or, alternately translated, Union is a raging river running toward the sea. Tonight the moon kisses the stars. O beloved, be like that to me. – Rumi

Try another way of looking. Try you looking and the whole universe seeing. – Rumi

Can you find another market like this? Where, with your one rose, you can buy hundreds of rose gardens? – Rumi

This is how we are with wine and beautiful food… we want and we get drunk with wanting, then the headache and bitterness afterward. – Rumi