Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 847

We dress up all the parts for the drama; we assume disguises, but we cannot change the inward man. We have set going this varied game to amuse ourselves; but we know what our primal form is. A slab of crystal remains distinct from its attributes, though it looks as if it were red or yellow.
Tuka says, We shall sever ourselves from this world and disport ourselves at peace.

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