Ability Quote by Muriel Barbery

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

— Muriel Barbery

“Like Okakura, I know that tea is no minor beverage. When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability…

— Muriel Barbery

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

“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

“Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that inspire nothing,…

— Muriel Barbery

“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

“In the stillness of meditation, a cup of tea becomes a source of comfort and nourishment for the mind, body, and soul.”

— Ajaz Ahmad Khawaja

“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

Tea ceremony is a way of worshipping the beautiful and the simple. All one's efforts are concentrated on trying to achieve perfection through the…

— Paulo Coelho

Tea is also a sort of spiritual refreshment, an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility. Respectfully preparing tea and partaking of it mindfully create…

— James Norwood Pratt

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

— Muriel Barbery