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Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among t

Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence…. 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. – Okakura Kakuzō

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Tea with us became more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life…. Teaism was Taoism in disguise. – Okakura Kakuzō

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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 Kakuzō

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The froth of tea burns with brilliance. – Author Unknown

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“Would you like an adventure now…. or would you like to have your tea first?” Wendy said “tea first” quickly, and Michael pressed her hand in gratitude…. – J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

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Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure. – George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, 1903

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Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. – Saki (H.H. Munro), “Tea”

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