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The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege.
What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive.
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When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other men's actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him.
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When you overpay small people you frighten them.
They know that their merits or activities entitle them to no such sums as they are receiving. As a result their boss soars out of economic into magic significance. He becomes a source of blessings rather than wages. Criticism is sacrilege, doubt is heresy.
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Nothing is greater or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.
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Each instrument has something to say to you.
It's got its own character. Each horn has its own character and will say to you certain things. If you violate that, it's almost a sacrilege!