Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3529

What do you lose if you simply close your
mouth? What do you gain if you insist on
it? Do not sit like a dolt in your own house;
let no one speak to any one else. Tuka says, I
tell you what to do; sit still, and fix your thoughts
on God.

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