Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
MATSUO BASHOThe sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Summer grasses — all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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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 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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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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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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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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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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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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Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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