Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things. Okakura Kakuzo More Quotes by Okakura Kakuzo More Quotes From Okakura Kakuzo Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others. Okakura Kakuzo runningappreciationlife The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. Okakura Kakuzo changeinspirationallife A garden is a friend you can visit any time. Okakura Kakuzo garden-lovegardeninggarden 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. Okakura Kakuzo teabeautifulorder Friends are flowers in life's garden. Okakura Kakuzo gardenflower We take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves. Okakura Kakuzo telling-the-truthpridetruth Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life. Okakura Kakuzo drinkinglifeart In our common parlance we speak of the man "with no tea" in him, when he is insusceptible to the serio-comic interests of the personal drama. Okakura Kakuzo understandingteamen 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. Okakura Kakuzo dreamteabeautiful Our mind is the canvas on which the artists lay their colour; their pigments are our emotions; their chiaroscuro the light of joy, the shadow of sadness. The masterpiece is of ourselves, as we are of the masterpiece. Okakura Kakuzo creativitysadnessartist Cares melt when you kneel in your garden. Okakura Kakuzo gardeningcaregarden Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it. Okakura Kakuzo recogniseifsperfection It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress. Okakura Kakuzo progressrealizationself In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends. Okakura Kakuzo sadnessgardenflower In Japan, I took part in a tea ceremony. You go into a small room, tea is served, and that's it really, except that everything is done with so much ritual and ceremony that a banal daily event is transformed into a moment of communion with the universe. Okakura Kakuzo small-roomsjapanperfection The ancient sages never put their teachings in a systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They began by talking like fools and ended by making their hearers wise. Okakura Kakuzo teachingwisetalking True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete. Okakura Kakuzo true-beautyinner-beautyincomplete Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. Okakura Kakuzo beveragesmedicinetea The canvas upon which the artist paints is the spectator's mind. Okakura Kakuzo canvasartistmind In the worship of Bacchus, we have sacrificed too freely.... Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel in the warm stream of sympathy that flows from her altar? In the liquid amber within the ivory-porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius. Okakura Kakuzo ivoryqueenssweet
