"Go to the pine if you want to……" — Matsuo Basho

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• For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see… — Diane Ackerman
• With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around… — Marlon Brando
• From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo — Matsuo Basho
• But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees. — Elliott Smith
• Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with… — Okakura Kakuzo
• Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what… — Shunryu Suzuki
• You can't breathe for sheer revulsion when you keep finding the bodies of women with bamboo poles thrust up their… — John Rabe
• Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning… — Ping Fu
• Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and… — Morihei Ueshiba
• Sweep the garden, any size, said the roshi. Sweeping, sweeping alone as the garden grows large or small. Any song… — Olga Broumas
• Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant. — Steve Lacy
• Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not… — Bai Juyi

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