Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
MATSUO BASHOThe journey itself is my home.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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