Comfort Quote by James Boswell

“I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues.”

— James Boswell

“[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

“For tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally of coarse nerves, or are become so from wine-drinking, and are not susceptible of influence…

— Thomas de Quincey

“Tea, for me, is one of the great subjects. It is a romatic trade, it does not pollute excessively, it has all sorts of…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Tea carries within itself; knowledge, wisdom, and wellness; for the sake of giving.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

“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

The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort, and refinement.

— Arthur Gray

I view the tea-drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frome, an engender of effeminacy and laziness, a debaucher of youth…

— William Cobbett

“The effect of tea is cooling and as a beverage it is most suitable. It is especially fitting for persons of self-restraint and inner…

— Lu Yu

For tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities, or are become so from wine-drinking, and are not susceptible…

— Thomas de Quincey

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

“The Philosophy of Tea is not mere aestheticism in the ordinary acceptance of the term, for it expresses conjointly with ethics and religion our…

— Kakuzō Okakura