All Matsuo Basho Quotes
- The moon is brighter since the barn burned. Barn
- There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. Flower
- Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. Brainy
- The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. Bell
- When I speak My lips feel cold - The autumn wind. Autumn
- Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River. All
- Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn. Begins
- From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo Bamboo
- Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world? Bitterest
- Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops. Conveyed
- Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps' nest. Dripping
- Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains! Days
- I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air. Air
- Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty. Blooming
- A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors. All
- Along my journey / through this transitory world, / new year's housecleaning. Along
- Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon. Half
- Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count -- / Festival of the Souls. Count
- All my friends / viewing the moon – / an ugly bunch. All
- Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer? End
- Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers ... Like our tendrilled life. Bridge
- 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… Action
- Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine. Across
- I am one who eats breakfast gazing at morning glories. Breakfast
- Traveler's heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire. Fire