We were green: we ripened and grew golden. The Sea terrified us: we learned how to drown. Squat and earthbound, we unfolded huge wings. We started sober: are love's startled drunkards. You hide me in your cloak of nothingness Reflect my ghost in your glass of being I am nothing, yet appear: transparent dream Where your eternity briefly trembles.
RumiNew organs of perception come into being as a result of necessity. Therefore, O man, increase your necessity, so that you may increase your perception.
RumiYour acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.
RumiThere is no salvation for the soul but to fall in Love. Only lovers can escape out of these two worlds. This was ordained in creation. Only from the heart can you reach the sky: The Rose of Glory can grow only from the heart.
Rumi