“Contemplative prayer is the cloud of unknowing, the hidden love-longing offered by a pure spirit. It’s the Ark of the Covenant. It’s the mystical theology of Dionysius, the wisdom and treasure of his ‘bright darkness’ and ‘unknown knowing.’ It takes you into silence, far from thoughts and words. In it, you learn how to reject and forget the world.”
—The Cloud of Unknowing, p. 199
