Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
MATSUO BASHOSeek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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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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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
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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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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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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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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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