Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
MATSUO BASHOSitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
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How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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The journey itself is my home.
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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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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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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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