Ears will not come into the eyes, if there be no yearning in the heart; apart from this speech is idle, prating, a fruitless diversion. If the Lord is not attentive to us, our words are profitless. Tuka says, We must wait till we meet Him face to face.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 563
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents