Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
MATSUO BASHOWithout bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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