Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
MATSUO BASHOBreaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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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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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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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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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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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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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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