The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
MATSUO BASHOHe who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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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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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
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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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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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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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