The Book of Tea (Penguin Little Black Classics, #112)

by Kakuzō Okakura

Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.

It has not the arrogance of wine, the self-consciousness of coffee, nor the simpering innocence of cocoa.

Teaism is the art of concealing beauty that you may discover it, of suggesting what you dare not reveal.

Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea.