Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
MATSUO BASHOSeek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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