Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
MATSUO BASHOCome out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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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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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
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Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?
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The journey itself is my home.
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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.
MATSUO BASHO