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Kakuzō Okakura Quotes

Total quotes: 8
“Definition is always limitation—the "fixed" and "unchangeless" are but terms expressive of a stoppage of growth.”
— Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea
Tagged: definition, Limitation, limitation in defining, fixed, unchangeless, Life, Living, Standards
“In ethics the Taoist railed at the laws and the moral codes of society, for to them right and wrong were but relative terms.”
— Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea
Tagged: Taoist, Ethics, morals, moral code of society, Laws, Right And Wrong, Society, society's standards, Taoism
“It was the process, not the deed, which was interesting. It was the completing, not the completion, which was really vital.”
— Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea
Tagged: Life, Living, Living A Good Life, living and dreaming, living and surviving, reaching dreams, Dreams, journey in life, Journey Not Destination, Inspirational, Motivational
“The whole ideal of Teaism is a result of this Zen conception of greatness in the smallest incidents of life. Taoism furnished the basis for aesthetic ideals, Zennism made them practical.”
— Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea(Penguin Classics)
Tagged: teaism, Zennism, Taoism, way of life, Living A Balanced Life, Living A Good Life, Living, living simply, Life
“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.”
— Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea
Tagged: teaism, art of tea, Imperfection, worship of the imperfect, impossibility in life, impossible life, Life
“A special contribution of Zen to Eastern thought was its recognition of the mundane as of equal importance with the spiritual. It held that in the great relation of things there was no distinction of small and great, an atom possessing equal possibilities with the universe. The seeker for perfection must discover in his own life the reflection of the inner light.”
— Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea(Penguin Classics)
Tagged: self, Self & Identity, self-realization, self awareness, Self Appreciation, Self Care, Self Worth, Self-Love, Life
“How much do we not suffer through the constant failure of society to recognise this simple and fundamental law of art and life; Lichilai, a Sung poet, has sadly remarked that there were three most deplorable things in the world: the spoiling of fine youths through false education, the degradation of fine art through vulgar admiration, and the utter waste of fine tea through incompetent manipulation.”
— Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea
Tagged: societal standards, society's standards, failure of society, society's failure, education system, degradation of art, tea, waste of tea, World, Life
“Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad tea, as we have good and bad paintings—generally the latter. There is no single recipe for making the perfect tea, as there are no rules for producing a Titian or a Sesson. Each preparation of the leaves has its individuality, its special affinity with water and heat, its own method of telling a story.”
— Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea
Tagged: tea, teaism, tea as a work of art, art in tea, Culture, culture in tea
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