Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
MATSUO BASHOWhen I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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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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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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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 moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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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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