Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
MATSUO BASHOCalm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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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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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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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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