Rikyu Quotes & Sayings

They say if you drink Zambezi water with your mother's milk, you are always a slave of Africa, and I am. — Wilbur Smith

The need for challenge, the need to burst through the constrictions of tasks and situations already seen and mastered, can affect anyone, even those enjoying the greatest gains from success. — Judith M Bardwick

How much does he lack himself who must have many things? — Sen No Rikyu

If we actually love what we're doing and we go and do what we love, and every day we get up because we're really happy to get up and go and do what we do, you can't actually do that without expression, and art forms part of that mix of expression that makes the whole package of life so enjoyable to be in. — Kerry Stokes

If you have one teapot And can brew your tea in it That will do quite well. How much does he lack himself Who must have a lot of things? — Sen No Rikyu

When you hear the splash Of the water drops that fall Into the stone bowl You will feel that all the dust Of your mind is washed away. — Sen No Rikyu

The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains. — Ernest Hello

In this thatched hut there ought not to be a speck of dust of any kind; both master and visitors are expected to be on terms of absolute sincerity; no ordinary measures of proportion or etiquette or conventionalism are to be followed. — Sen No Rikyu

Real security will come when it's a moneymaker for private companies who want to satisfy public demand for an Internet that isn't crawling with bugs. — David Ignatius

Tea is nought but this: first you heat the water, then you make the tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know. — Sen No Rikyu

So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken. — George Berkeley

In for the boil, might as well steam. — Gail Carriger

The white sun like a moth on a string circles the southpole. — A.R. Ammons

It's hard to be the one that stands out when, you know, in a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a corps de ballet. — Misty Copeland