Teaism Quotes

“Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”
― Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

“a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning.”
― Samuel Johnson

“One of the first requisites of a tea-master is the knowledge of how to sweep, clean, and wash, for there is an art in cleaning and dusting.”
― Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

“Why do men and women like to advertise themselves so much? Is it not but an instinct derived from the days of slavery?”
― Okakura Kakuzō

“Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal.”
― Kazuko Okakura