How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
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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An autumn night – don’t think your life didn’t matter.
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Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice.
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A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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For this lovely bowl let us arrange these flowers since there is no rice.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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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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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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