the cup of humanity

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 the imperfect, as it is a tender attempt

to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as

life.

from The Book of Tea --- Kakuzo Okakura