All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch.
MATSUO BASHOFrom the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
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The basis of art is change in the universe.
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden.
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Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
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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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From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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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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Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps’ nest.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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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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