The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo. Admitted, embarrassingly, this is the first book I have read and finished in quite awhile. A book on living consciously; critiques on different cultures and their stigmas; art, architecture, flowers; history and religion; ceremonies; masters. I highly encourage everyone to pick it up. I was jotting down notes the entire time. Here, a couple of quotes that stuck:
"The Present is the moving Infinity, the legitimate sphere of the Relative. Relativity seeks Adjustment; Adjustment is Art. The art of life lies in the constant readjustment to our surroundings."
"It is not that we should ignore the claims of posterity, but that we should seek to enjoy the present more. It is not that we should disregard the creations of the past, but that we should try to assimilate them into our consciousness."
