[pbecke]

Michael that is reminiscent of the hilarious answer (on a frivolous level) given by a Sufi called the Bayazid of Bistun, when a friend called and knocked at his door. After a while the friend called out, "Is anybody there?" To which the Bayazid replied, "Is anyone here but God?"!!!
("The kingdom of Heaven is within you")

Also I think it was the Bayazid who exclaimed in similar vein, "I went from God to God, until they cried out from me, in me, 'O thou I'."!!!

Here's another awesome saying, less directly addressing the theme, of the mystic, St John of the Cross:

"The Father uttered one Word; that Word was His Son,
and He utters Him for ever in everlasting silence;
and in silence the soul has to hear it."

-St John of the Cross