Not by guise assumed can God be attained nor by ceremonies that please our fancy. Sweep away all this nonsense, this veil that is hung before our eyes. Without pure faith whatever we do is done in vain. Tuka says, This is well known, but people grow blind again.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2586
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents