The journey itself is my home.
MATSUO BASHO
I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The journey itself is my home.
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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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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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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 seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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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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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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