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Matsuo Basho Quotes

With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow Picture Quote #1

Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire Picture Quote #1

Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon Picture Quote #1

A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife Picture Quote #1

Seek not the paths of the ancients;Seek that which the ancients sought Picture Quote #1

I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of Picture Quote #1

He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master Picture Quote #1

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon Picture Quote #1

The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being Picture Quote #1

Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too Picture Quote #1

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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it Picture Quote #1

Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant Picture Quote #1

It rains during the morning. No visitors today. I feel lonely and amuse myself by writing at random. These are the words: Who mourns makes grief his master. Who drinks makes pleasure his master Picture Quote #1

When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy Picture Quote #1

Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn Picture Quote #1

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it Picture Quote #1

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Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In this poor body, composed of one hundred bones and nine openings, is something called spirit, a flimsy curtain swept this way and that by the slightest breeze. It is spirit, such as it is, which led me to poetry, at first little more than a pastime, then the full business of my life. There have been times when my spirit, so dejected, almost gave up the quest, other times when it was proud, triumphant. So it has been from the very start, never finding peace with itself, always doubting the worth of what it makes Picture Quote #1

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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow (Matsuo Basho Quotes) Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire (Matsuo Basho Quotes) Don’t imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon (Matsuo Basho Quotes) A weathered skeleton in windy fields of memory, piercing like a knife (Matsuo Basho Quotes) Seek not the paths of the ancients;Seek that which the ancients sought (Matsuo Basho Quotes) I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories (Matsuo Basho Quotes) 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 (Matsuo Basho Quotes) The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of (Matsuo Basho Quotes) He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master (Matsuo Basho Quotes) There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon (Matsuo Basho Quotes) The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being (Matsuo Basho Quotes) Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too (Matsuo Basho Quotes) Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it (Matsuo Basho Quotes) Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant (Matsuo Basho Quotes) It rains during the morning. No visitors today. I feel lonely and amuse myself by writing at random. These are the words: Who mourns makes grief his master. Who drinks makes pleasure his master (Matsuo Basho Quotes) When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy (Matsuo Basho Quotes) Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn (Matsuo Basho Quotes) No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it (Matsuo Basho Quotes) Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world? (Matsuo Basho Quotes) 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 (Matsuo Basho Quotes) In this poor body, composed of one hundred bones and nine openings, is something called spirit, a flimsy curtain swept this way and that by the slightest breeze. It is spirit, such as it is, which led me to poetry, at first little more than a pastime, then the full business of my life. There have been times when my spirit, so dejected, almost gave up the quest, other times when it was proud, triumphant. So it has been from the very start, never finding peace with itself, always doubting the worth of what it makes (Matsuo Basho Quotes)

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