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“Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea

tags: appreciation, nature, tea

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“To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“There are two kinds of opportunities: one which we chance upon, the other which we create.”
― Ruth Benedict, Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture

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“A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

tags: altitude, altitudes, appreciate, appreciation, attitude, attitudes, beattitude, beattitudes, give, give-thanks, gratitude, gratitudes, promote, promoted, promotion, thank, thank-you, thanks, thanksgiving

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“We are told 'no', we're unimportant, we're peripheral. 'Get a degree, get a job, get a this, get a that.' And then you're a player, you don't want to even play in that game. You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world.” -”
― Terence McKenna

tags: chaos

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