Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
MATSUO BASHOEvery day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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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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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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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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