Authors:
  • Silence
    is an ocean. Speech is a river.
    When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk
    into the language-river. Listen to the ocean,
    and bring your talky business to an end.
    Traditional words are just babbling
    in that presence, and babbling is a substitute
    for sight.

    "The Essential Rumi". Book translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A. J. Arberry and Reynold Nicholson. Chapter 18: "The Three Fish", p. 196, 1995.