Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
MATSUO BASHOHow I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden glimmering there.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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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.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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The journey itself is my home.
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He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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