The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.
MATSUO BASHOWinter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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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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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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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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When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
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