all paths

And he who defines his conduct by ethics

imprisons his song-bird in a cage.

The freest song comes not through bars

and wires.

And he to whom worshiping is a window,

to open but also to shut,

has not yet visited the house of his soul

whose windows are from dawn to dawn.

...

And if you would know God be not

therefore a solver of riddles.

Rather look about you and you shall see

Him playing with your children.

And look into space; you shall see Him 

walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms

in the lightning and descending in rain.

You shall see Him smiling in flowers,

then rising and waving His hands in trees.

~ Kahlil Gibran

from The Prophet