Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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Year by year, the monkey’s mask reveals the monkey.
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At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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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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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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