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title: "2 Blossoms Quotes By Yoshida Kenkō"
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> [Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? To long for the moon while looking on the rain, to lower the blinds and be unaware of the passing of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/are-we-to-look-at-cherry-blossoms-only-in-full-bloom-the-moon-only/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/yoshida-kenk-15122_admiration_are-we-to-look-at-cherry-blossoms-only-i_2700912.jpg)

> [Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/blossoms-are-scattered-by-the-wind-and-the-wind-cares-nothing-but-the/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/yoshida-kenk-15122_blossoms_blossoms-are-scattered-by-the-wind-and-t_3141212.jpg)

## More by Yoshida Kenkō

> [It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/it-is-a-most-wonderful-comfort-to-sit-alone-beneath-a-lamp-book/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/one-should-write-not-unskillfully-in-the-running-hand-be-able-to-sing/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [The true criminal must be defined as a man who commits a crime though he is as decently fed and clothed as others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/the-true-criminal-must-be-defined-as-a-man-who-commits-a-crime-though/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/in-everything-no-matter-what-it-may-be-uniformity-is-undesirable/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [There is nothing finer than to be alone with nothing to distract you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/there-is-nothing-finer-than-to-be-alone-with-nothing-to-distract-you/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“It is a great error to be superior to others…It is such pride as this that makes a man appear a fool, makes him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/it-is-a-great-error-to-be-superior-to-others-it-is-such-pride-as-this/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under a lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends with people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/the-pleasantest-of-all-diversions-is-to-sit-alone-under-a-lamp-a-book/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/in-everything-no-matter-what-it-may-be-uniformity-is-undesirable-2/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/if-you-must-take-care-that-your-opinions-do-not-differ-in-the-least/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“Jos kaiken aikaa täytyy varoa olemasta eri mieltä keskustelukumppaninsa kanssa, tuntuu kuin loppujen lopuksi olisi aivan yksin. But such a man there cannot be;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/jos-kaiken-aikaa-t-ytyy-varoa-olemasta-eri-mielt/)

[Yoshida Kenkō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“It is a fine thing when a man who thoroughly understands a subject is unwilling to open his mouth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/it-is-a-fine-thing-when-a-man-who-thoroughly-understands-a-subject-is/)

[Yoshida Kenkō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“Well! Being born into this world there are, I suppose, many aims which we may strive to attain. The Imperial Throne of the Mikado…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/well-being-born-into-this-world-there-are-i-suppose-many-aims-which/)

[Yoshida Kenkō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [“As a rule the tales which get abroad in the world are false. . . . People always exaggerate things. More so, when months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/as-a-rule-the-tales-which-get-abroad-in-the-world-are-false-people/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [What a strange, demented feeling it gives me when I realize I have spent whole days before this ink stone, with nothing better to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/what-a-strange-demented-feeling-it-gives-me-when-i-realize-i-have/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

> [On a moonlit night, after a snowfall, or under cherry blossoms, it adds to our pleasure if, while chatting at our ease, we bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/on-a-moonlit-night-after-a-snowfall-or-under-cherry-blossoms-it-adds/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

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