Here is our list of some of the best quotes about tea.
Quotes
“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” – Lin Yutang
“The tea session is modeled after the silence of retreat; a time to enjoy life far removed from daily existence.” – Sen Joo
“A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water.” – Chinese Proverb
“The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort and refinement.” – Arthur Gray
“If you ask Zen people they will say tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other drink. It is not a drink, it is meditation; it is prayer. So they listen to the kettle creating a melody, and in that listening they become more silent, more alert.” – Osho
“In my own hands I hold a bowl of tea; I see all of nature represented in its green color. Closing my eyes, I find green mountains and pure water within my own heart. Silently sitting alone and drinking tea, I feel these become a part of me.” – Sen Soshitsu
“Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.” – Letitia Baldrige
“Do not gulp the tea but sip it slowly allowing its fragrance to fill your mouth. There is no need to have any special attitude while drinking except one of thankfulness.” – Pojong Sunim
“A practitioner of tea in the countryside sent some hold to Rikyu with a request that he purchase for him a tea utensil of any kind. Rikyu spent the entire amount of money on white cloth, sending it with the comment, ‘With tea, even when one has no nice utensils, if only one has clean cloth for wiping the bowl, it is possible to drink tea.’” – Sen Sotan
“Doing nothing is respectable at tea.” – Sasaki Sanmi
“Tea tempers the spirit and harmonizes the mind; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness.” – Lu Yu
“The Philosophy of Tea is not mere aestheticism … for it expresses conjointly with ethics and religion our whole point of view about man and nature. It is hygiene, for it enforces cleanliness; it is economics, for it shows comfort in simplicity rather than in the complex and costly; it is moral geometry, inasmuch as it defines our sense of proportion to the universe.” – Kakuzo Okakura
“Water is the mother of tea, a teapot its father, and fire the teacher.” – Chinese Proverb
“Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage.” – Catherine Douzel
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.” – Thich Nhat Hanh