Famous quotes containing the words burn incense, burn and/or incense:
“It is better to be kind at home than to burn incense in a far place.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,
A chafing savage, down the decent street;
And passion rends my vitals as I pass,
Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.”
—Claude McKay (1889–1948)
“You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)