Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3502

Undoubtedly, it is best we should meet a great man face to face. We should not die like cowards; the life of the coward is wretched.
We should plunder this inexhaustible treasure. Tuka says, We should so live as to shed lustre pre-eminent upon our name.

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