All Matsuo Basho Quotes
- This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds. Among
- Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself. Grass
- Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone. Gone
- Winter garden, the moon thinned to a thread, insects singing. February
- Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too. Autumn
- Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it. Beautiful
- Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom. Blossom
- 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… Age
- The journey itself is my home. Adventure
- Poverty's child - he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon. Child
- Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto Cry
- 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… Breath
- Summer grasses, All that remains Of soldiers' dreams All
- Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice Awakened
- No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it. Able
- Come, see the true flowers of this pained world. Come See
- Come, butterfly It's late- We've miles to go together. Butterfly
- How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God. Among
- If I had the knack I'd sing like Cherry flakes falling Cherries
- On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening Autumn