Silence is not God

For silence is not God, nor speaking;

fasting is not God, nor eating;

solitude is not God, nor company;

nor any other pair of opposites.

He is hidden between them,

and cannot be found by anything your soul does,

but only by the love of your heart.

He cannot be known by reason,

he cannot be thought, caught,

or sought by understanding.

~ the cloud of unknowing