Mere professions lead to nothing; what we want is a running spring of truth within. As a last resource, a case is decided by fire; we see who can grasp a hot iron without injury. Tuka says, Swerve not from this rule; call that only genuine which is genuine.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 3603
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents