Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
MATSUO BASHODon’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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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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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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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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Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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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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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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