Tauler. "Well, may God make thee happy!"
The Beggar. "I have never been unhappy."
Urged for an explanation, the mendicant affirms that, "by means of silence, he had arrived at perfect union with God; never being able to find pleasure in anything less than God."
Tauler. "Whence comest thou?"
The Beggar. "From God."
Tauler. "Where hast thou found God?"
The Beggar. "Where I have left all creatures."
Tauler. "Where is God?"
The Beggar. "In men of good will."
Tauler. "Who art thou?"