Don't Be Literal, Be Liberal

"Those who seek to know by the aid of dictionary only technically reach the house, for they are stopped by the outside wall and find no entrance to the hall. This is the reason why the teachings of our greatest prophets give rise to endless disputations when we try to understand them by following their words ad not by realizing them in our own lives. The men who are cursed with the gift of the literal mind are the unfortune ones who are always busy with their nets and neglect the fishing"

      - Rabindranath Tagore