Famous people's thoughts on the subject of tea

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.”
― Lin Yutang, The Importance Of Living

“Tea ... is a religion of the art of life.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea

“Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.”
― Confucius