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“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.”
― The Importance of Living
― The Importance of Living
“Tea ... is a religion of the art of life.”
― The Book of Tea
― The Book of Tea
“If you are cold, tea will warm you;
if you are too heated, it will cool you;
If you are depressed, it will cheer you;
If you are excited, it will calm you.”
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if you are too heated, it will cool you;
If you are depressed, it will cheer you;
If you are excited, it will calm you.”
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“Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?”
― Zen and Japanese Culture
― Zen and Japanese Culture
“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.”
― The Book of Tea
― The Book of Tea
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