God does not disappear unless we turn our back on him of our own accord. He who has God thus, in reality, has gotten God divinely; to him God is apparent in all things. Everything smacks to him of God; everywhere God's image stares him in the face. God is gleaming in him all the time.
— Meister Eckhart, Meister Eckhart, from Whom God Hid Nothing by David O'Neal, editor