There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to simplicity of thinking and living.

Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is more important.