This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
MATSUO BASHOCome out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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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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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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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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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
MATSUO BASHO






