Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 702

Humility is a good thing, O God; it avoids all enmity; in a great flood the trees perish, the blades of grass survive. When the waves pass over them, they escape because they are humble. Tuka says, The secret is to clasp His feet; no violence can harm you.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents