Old pond, frog jumps in – plop.
MATSUO BASHOI felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo.
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Year’s end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
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Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.
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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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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
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Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.
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Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water – A deep resonance.
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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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The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white.
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How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers.
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Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep enough into the object to see something like a hidden glimmering there.
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Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old – / These fields and mountains!
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Old dark sleepy pool… Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!
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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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Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.
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