How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
MATSUO BASHOGo 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.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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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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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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