Quotes About Harmony

It (Teaism) insulates 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.

Strangely enough humanity has so far met in the tea-cup. It is the only Asiatic ceremonial which commands universal esteem. The white man has scoffed at our religion and our morals, but has accepted the brown beverage without hesitation. The afternoon tea is now an important function in Western society.

Let us stop the continents from hurling epigrams at each other, and be sadder if not wiser by the mutual gain of half a hemisphere. We have developed along different lines, but there is no reason why one should not supplement the other. You

Strangely enough humanity has so far met in the tea-cup. It is the only Asiatic ceremonial which commands universal esteem. The white man has scoffed at our religion and our morals, but has accepted the brown beverage without hesitation.

the Taoist Absolute was the Relative.

O "chaísmo" é um culto que se fundamenta na veneração da beleza em meio à sordidez dos acontecimentos diários. Incute a pureza e a harmonia, o mistério da caridade mútua, o romantismo da ordem social. É essencialmente a veneração do imperfeito, uma tentativa singela de conquistar o possível em meio a esta coisa impossível que conhecemos como vida.

Tea ... is a religion of the art of life.

True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.

Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.

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.

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

In the liquid amber within the ivory porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius, the piquancy of Laotse, and the ethereal aroma of Sakyamuni himself.

mere subjects and can engage in petty quarrels about the superiority of our faiths until the end of time; a king, however, has a duty towards his people and must ensure that he supports the growth of all the faiths in his land.

All created things are marked with the seal of the Trinity.

He is the principle of order and purpose that permeates all things, drawing them to unity in God, and so making the universe into a "cosmos", a harmonious and integrated whole. The Creator-Logos has imparted to each created thing its own indwelling logos or inner principle, which makes that thing to be distinctively itself, and which at the same time draws and directs that thing towards God.

Our human task as craftsmen or manufacturers is to discern this logos dwelling in each thing and to render it manifest; we seek not to dominate but to co-operate.

to seek what is for the benefit of all",

three torches burning with a single flame.

What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.

Be a forgiver creature not a revenge taker because contentness from forgiving someone is more persuasive than hatred.

In Light there is Dark, and in Dark there is Light.

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.

Idet jeg kender mig selv og verden, har jeg ingen ambitioner og blander mig ikke i verden. Jeg søger kun sindsro og fred og jeg glædes over fravær af sorger.

If we are ever to meet once more shall we sing together and tell our tales? May all things good and wonderful be ever at your feet. May the bounty of fortune be ever at your feet. May the stars protect you by day and the moon by night.