All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
MATSUO BASHOThe desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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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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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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