Blood Quote by Cesar Chavez

“[Tea-masters] have given emphasis to our natural love of simplicity, and shown us the beauty of humility. In fact, through their teachings tea has…

— Kakuzō Okakura

“The leaves that remain are only a very small part of the tea. The tea that goes into me is a much bigger part…

— Thich Nhat Hanh

When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

— Muriel Barbery

“As pilgrims we effectively slip into the role of our spiritual ancestress and run back and forth between the hills seven times. This symbolises…

— Kristiane Backer

Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has…

— Muriel Barbery

“I tell you the truth - for a long, long time these farmers have worked like horses and cattle; and like horses and cattle…

— Shusaku Endo

The "art of tea" is a spiritual force for us to share

— Alexandra Stoddard

Tea with us became more than an idealisation of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life. The beverage…

— Okakura Kakuzo

It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.

— Agnes Repplier

“The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple, authentic and refined sensations, a license…

— Muriel Barbery

“Would the valleys were your streets, and the green paths your alleys, that you might seek one another through vineyards, and come with the…

— Khalil Gibran

“There is of course a deep spiritual need which the pilgrimage seems to satisfy, particularly for those hardy enough to tackle the journey on…

— Edwin Mullins