As God is propitiated by the blood of a hundred bulls, so also is he by the smallest offering of incense. [Lat., Sed tamen ut fuso taurorum sanguine centum, Sic capitur minimo thuris honore deux.]
Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.
With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with them as a legitimate equal, is gradually relegated to the background and sinks to the level of a black art.
Bribed with a little sunlight and a few prismatic tints, we bless our Maker, and stave off his wrath with hymns.
It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.
Those magicians who object to the use of blood, have endeavored to replace it with incense. But, the bloody sacrifice, though more dangerous, is more efficacious. And for nearly all purposes, human sacrifice is the best.
People worship and revere Ganga as a mother, and then throw away flowers in a plastic bag into the same river.
Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.
Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.
Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift.
Every idol, however exalted, turns out, in the long run, to be a Moloch, hungry for human sacrifice.
The very flowers are sacred to the poor.
Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.
