Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
MATSUO BASHOAwakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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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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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Go 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.
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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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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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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