Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
MATSUO BASHOThe fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, “I shall be unhappy without loneliness,” shows that he made loneliness his master.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?
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The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count — / Festival of the Souls.
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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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Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.
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Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end – tonight’s moon.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.
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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.
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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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Old pond, leap-splash – a frog.
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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.
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