Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
MATSUO BASHOSadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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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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The journey itself is my home.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
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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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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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