"Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim……" — Okakura Kakuzo

Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to… - Okakura Kakuzo

"Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war."

— Okakura Kakuzo

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23 Quotes by Okakura Kakuzo

Okakura Kakuzo has 23 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.
Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.
Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good…
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.
Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things…
In Japan, I took part in a tea ceremony. You go into a small room, tea is served, and that's…
Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with…
Tea...is a religion of the art of life.
Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates…
True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.
Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side…
Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.

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Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they… — Isaiah Berlin
War is the business of barbarians. — Napoleon Bonaparte
As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend. — Jack Abramoff
It is the decisive people who have become civilised; it is the indecisive, otherwise called the higher sceptics, or the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Children are gleeful barbarians. — Joe Morgenstern
Let those who once fought against brothers and relatives now rightfully fight against barbarians. — Pope Urban II
Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians. — Oscar Wilde
Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the… — Alexander the Great
Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other… — Alexander the Great
From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish… — Louis Kronenberger
People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power… — George Lucas
Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among… — Confucius

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