"What are you singing about?" asked Damascenus.
"About faith and knowledge," answered one. And then they recommenced. "What I know, that I believe; therefore knowledge is under faith, and faith stands above it."
"What do you know then? What you have seen with your eye?"
"My eye sees nothing of itself. If you were to take it out, and lay it down here, it would see nothing. Therefore, it is my inner eye which sees."
"Can I then see your inner eye?"
"It is not to be seen. But you see with that which is itself invisible. Therefore, you must believe on the invisible! Now you know."
"Yes, yes, yes, but, but, but.... Have you seen God?"
"Yes, with my inner eye. Therefore, I believe on Him. But it is not necessary for you to see Him, in order for me to believe on Him."
"But knowledge is the highest."