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“True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea

“It has not the arrogance of wine, the self- consciousness of coffee, nor the simpering innocence of cocoa.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea

“In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends. We eat, drink, sing, dance, and flirt with them. We wed and christen with flowers. We dare not die without them. We have worshipped with the lily, we have meditated with the lotus, we have charged in battle array with the rose and the chrysanthemum. We have even attempted to speak in the language of flowers. How could we live without them? It frightens one to conceive of a world bereft of their presence.”
― Okakura Kakuzō, The Book of Tea

“Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea