A state of quietness Tea is said to be the way. This is because it is something one learns to appreciate through feeling, not through verbal instructions. If a person maintains a state of quietness, only then will one appreciate the quietness inherent in tea. Lu Yu, The Book of Tea silenceunderstanding
The way of things It is when one forces principles on the world that one interferes with its natural workings. Yoel Hoffman, Japanese Death Poems How things ought to be wisdomnature