Drinking tea with friends

"What is the most wonderful thing for people like myself who follow the Way of Tea?
My answer:
the oneness of host and guest
created through 'meeting heart to heart'
and sharing a bowl of tea."

Soshitsu Sen
Grand Master XIV
Urasenke School of Tea

Drinking tea...alone

"In my own hands I hold a bowl of tea;
I see all of nature represented in its green color.
Closing my eyes I find green mountains and pure water within my own heart.
Silently sitting alone and drinking tea, I feel these become part of me."

Soshitsu Sen
Grand Master XIV
Urasenke School of Tea