Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2478

If you pour something into the ears of a dolt, he nods his head, but his ears are empty; I for one would not make anything clear to him; he has no faith and would not take it in. When a mind is tainted with vice no wholesome words will touch it. It is enough, says Tuka, if you tell a shameless fool to hold his tongue.

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