Of God himself no man can think. He may well be loved, but not thought. By love he may be grasped and held; by thought never. Although it is good at times to think especially of the kindness and goodness of God, and although this may enlighten you and play a part in contemplation, nevertheless in this work such thoughts shall be put down and covered with a cloud of forgetting. You are to step above them boldly and eagerly, and with a devout and lively impulse of love you are to try and pierce the darkness above you. Smite upon that thick cloud of unknowing with a sharp dart of longing love. Come what may, do not give up.
JULIAN OF NORWICH
