“One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his Prophet! We devastate nature in order to make sacrifice to him; we boast that we have conquered Matter… — 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life. — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share
