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

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one. – Rumi, as interpreted by Camille and Kabir Helminski

Lightning, your presence from ground to sky, no one knows what becomes of me, when you take me so quickly. – Rumi

Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape. – Rumi