Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad teas, as we have good and bad paintings - generally the latter.

Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.

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

In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.

A garden is a friend you can visit any time.

Tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life.

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.

It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.

Cares melt when you kneel in your garden.

We take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.

Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.

I just don't have a tremendously strong belief that relationships can work. I'm really quite convinced that they don't. And if they do, it's really quite terribly brief and sporadic.

You came here of your own free will, Claire. I won’t be denied. You’re mine now, and I intend to keep you.

The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.

Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.

I want to describe myself, not be described by others.

So the need for another economic model is urgent, and if the climate justice movement can show that responding to climate change is the best chance for a more just economic system.

All thought is energy. All things are in motion. All time is now.

Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.

I have a poor memory for names; but I seldom remember a face.

There is always an unconscious collaboration among artists.. ..the artist who imagine himself a Robinson Crusoe is either a primitive or a fool.