Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
MATSUO BASHODo not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
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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
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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Poverty’s child – he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.
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He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.
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Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
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Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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Come, butterfly It’s late- We’ve miles to go together.
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When I speak My lips feel cold – The autumn wind.
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.
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