Famous quotes containing the words burn incense, burn and/or incense:
“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.
“Lucky Man,
be sure of this.
Your crimes
don’t burn me
as much as these clever words
empty of all good feeling.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“Flies, acolytes
of the death-in-life temple
buzz their prayers
and from the altar
of excrement arises
an incense ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)