All sounds, all music, reduce to one note. All sutras, all poems reduce to a single word. All ideas, to one thought. All gods, demons, saints and buddhas become the one. Not the word, not the idea, not the sound, but the very thing itself.
Speech misses it.
Silence misses it. Neither speech nor silence misses it. Both speech and silence miss it. The answer to these questions is not outside yourself. To see this truth requires the backward step, going very deep into yourself to find the foundation of reality and of your life.