Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
MATSUO BASHOSpring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Friends part forever wild geese lost in cloud.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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Learn the rules, and then forget them.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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