Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others. — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
For life is an expression, our unconscious actions the constant betrayal of our innermost thought. Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal. The tiny incidents of daily rouitine… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
In our common parlance we speak of the man "with no tea" in him, when he is insusceptible to the serio-comic interests of the… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad teas, as… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
“The Taoist and Zen conception of perfection... the dynamic nature of their philosophy laid more stress upon the process through which perfection was sought… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others. — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
The outsider may indeed wonder at this seeming much ado about nothing. What a tempest in a tea-cup! he will say. But when we… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
In Japan, I took part in a tea ceremony. You go into a small room, tea is served, and that's it really, except that… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
