All Matsuo Basho Quotes
- 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
- Just washed, How chill The white leeks! Chill
- Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end - tonight's moon Cut
- With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow. Butterfly
- Old pond, frog jumps in - plop. Frog
- Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. Carrying
- An autumn night - don’t think your life didn’t matter. Autumn
- 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… Bamboo
- Do not resemble me-Never be like a musk melon Cut in two identical halves. Cut
- Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant. Bamboo
- The sea darkens And a wild duck s call Is faintly white. Call
- The old pond, ah! A frog jumps in: The water's sound. Ah
- Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock. Calm
- First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge. Bridge
- Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes… Armor
- Winter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind. Colour