The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
MATSUO BASHOLearn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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