Burn Incense

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.

    There are those who never burn incense when things are going well, but then throw themselves at the Buddha’s feet when crises come.
    Chinese proverb.

    Here the sausage and garlic booth
    Sent unholy incense skyward;
    There a quivering female-thing
    Gestured assignations, and lied
    To call it dancing;
    Anne Spencer (1882–1975)