There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
MATSUO BASHOThe temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories.
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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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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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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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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.
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Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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