Kakuzo Okakura

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

Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.

You have gained expansion at the cost of restlessness; we have created a harmony which is weak against aggression. Will you believe it?—the East is better off in some respects than the West!