Where, then, did I find thee so as to be able to learn of thee --
save in thyself beyond me.[345] Place there is none. We go
"backward" and "forward" and there is no place. Everywhere and at
once, O Truth, thou guidest all who consult thee, and
simultaneously answerest all even though they consult thee on
quite different things. Thou answerest clearly, though all do not
hear in clarity. All take counsel of thee on whatever point they
wish, though they do not always hear what they wish. He is thy
best servant who does not look to hear from thee what he himself
wills, but who wills rather to will what he hears from thee.
CHAPTER XXVII
38. Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new,
belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was
without, and I sought thee out there. Unlovely, I rushed
heedlessly among the lovely things thou hast made. Thou wast with
me, but I was not with thee. These things kept me far from thee;
even though they were not at all unless they were in thee. Thou
didst call and cry aloud, and didst force open my deafness. Thou
didst gleam and shine, and didst chase away my blindness.
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