Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer. – Anonymous

Watch over us.

Memorize and follow this never-fail recipe: get started. Don’t quit. – Barbara Winter

Black and Yellow.

One can resist the invasion of an army, but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas. – Victor Hugo

Expand your palate.

Tetsubin.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. – Albert Einstein

Always do what you are afraid to do. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

  I don’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas.  I’m frightened of the old ones. – John Cage  

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. – Seneca

Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws. – Paramahansa Yogananda

Stop by.

The more I see the less I know for sure. – John Lennon  

Pure Zen at Hayes Valley.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. – Henry David Thoreau

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. – Harold Whitman

Gaiwan Glory.

Silver Needle.

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. And whoever this ‘Earl Grey’ fellow is, I’d like to have a word with him… – Jean-Luc Picard: Star Trek, The Next Generation

Hot Chai.

Tea tempers the spirit and harmonizes the mind; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness. -Lu Yu: The Classic of Tea

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive disenchanted. – Japanese Proverb

Selecting Teas Today

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. – Dalai Lama XIV

Surrounded by tea.

Do you value life? Then waste not time, for that is the stuff of which life is made. – Benjamin Franklin

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves. – Ghandi

I’ve been to Hollywood, I’ve been to Redwood, I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold. – Neil Young

The linchpin is an individual who can walk into chaos and create order, someone who can invent, connect, create, and make things happen. – Seth Godin: Linchpin

We’re all about the tea.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci

California Brewin.

Chinese Green Melon Seed Loving

Tea Boxes.