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.
MATSUO BASHOAll my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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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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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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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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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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