--- title: "1 Sacrifice Boast Quotes By Kakuzō Okakura" description: "1 Sacrifice Boast quotes by Kakuzō Okakura. Plus more from Kakuzō Okakura and more Sacrifice Boast sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/kakuz-okakura-14816_friendship_sad-as-it-is-we-cannot-conceal-the-fact_596823.jpg" --- > [“Sad as it is, we cannot conceal the fact that in spite of our companionship with flowers we have not risen very far above the brute. Scratch the sheepskin and the wolf within us will soon show his teeth. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/sad-as-it-is-we-cannot-conceal-the-fact-that-in-spite-of-our/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/kakuz-okakura-14816_friendship_sad-as-it-is-we-cannot-conceal-the-fact_596823.jpg) ## More by Kakuzō Okakura > [“Nothing is more hallowing than the union of kindred spirits in art. At the moment of meeting, the art lover transcends himself. At once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/nothing-is-more-hallowing-than-the-union-of-kindred-spirits-in-art-at/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity! Through Buddha And through Daruma alike Thou hast cleft thy way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/welcome-to-thee-o-sword-of-eternity-through-buddha-and-through-daruma/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/our-standards-of-morality-are-begotten-of-the-past-needs-of-society/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“At the magic touch of the beautiful the secret chords of our being are awakened, we vibrate and thrill in response to its call.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/at-the-magic-touch-of-the-beautiful-the-secret-chords-of-our-being/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“Have you not noticed that the wild flowers are becoming scarcer every year? It may be that their wise men have told them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/have-you-not-noticed-that-the-wild-flowers-are-becoming-scarcer-every/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“Behold the complacent salesman retailing the Good and True. One can even buy a so-called Religion, which is really but common morality sanctified with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/behold-the-complacent-salesman-retailing-the-good-and-true-one-can/) [Kakuzo Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“Sad as it is, we cannot conceal the fact that in spite of our companionship with flowers we have not risen very far above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/sad-as-it-is-we-cannot-conceal-the-fact-that-in-spite-of-our/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“The claims of contemporary art cannot be ignored in any vital scheme of life. The art of to-day is that which really belongs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/the-claims-of-contemporary-art-cannot-be-ignored-in-any-vital-scheme/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence, but the time may come when, for our cruelty, we shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/we-are-ever-brutal-to-those-who-love-and-serve-us-in-silence-but-the/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same? The observance of communal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/our-standards-of-morality-are-begotten-of-the-past-needs-of-society-2/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“The masterpiece is symphony played upon our finest feelings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/the-masterpiece-is-symphony-played-upon-our-finest-feelings/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“In art, the present is the eternal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/in-art-the-present-is-the-eternal/) [Kakuzo Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“We must know the whole play in order to properly act our parts; the conception of totality must never be lost in that of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/we-must-know-the-whole-play-in-order-to-properly-act-our-parts-the/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“These Taoists' ideas have greatly influenced all our theories of action, even to those of fencing and wrestling. Jiu-jitsu, the Japanese art of self-defence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/these-taoists-ideas-have-greatly-influenced-all-our-theories-of/) [Kakuzō Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) > [“New York City vagrant: "What sort of 'nese are you people? Are you Chinese, or Japanese, or Javanese?" Kakuzo Okakura responds: "We are Japanese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kakuz-okakura/new-york-city-vagrant-what-sort-of-nese-are-you-people-are-you/) [Kakuzo Okakura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kakuz-okakura/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacrifice-boast/kakuz-okakura/#itemlist", "name": "1 Sacrifice Boast Quotes By Kakuzō Okakura", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sad as it is, we cannot conceal the fact that in spite of our companionship with flowers we have not risen very far above the brute. Scratch the sheepskin and the wolf within us will soon show his teeth. It has been said that a man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a fraud, and at fifty a criminal. Perhaps he becomes a criminal because he has never ceased to be an animal. 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