The journey itself is my home.
MATSUO BASHOA flute with no holes is not a flute.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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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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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
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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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