Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 707

Peace is a mistress that overrules pride; she secures all grandeur. Men do not know this open secret and thus they bring trouble on themselves. If you allow patience to rule, you will be a hero of heroes. Tuka says, The hardest of steel is a close friend of rust.

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