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Matsuo Basho
Japanese
Poet
About the author
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho,
Japanese
Poet
#Footsteps
There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
Matsuo Basho,
Japanese
Poet
#Nothing
#Moon
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
Matsuo Basho,
Japanese
Poet
#Flowers
#Sound
#Temple
The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
Matsuo Basho,
Japanese
Poet
#Moon
Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho,
Japanese
Poet
#Old
#Men
#Footsteps
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Matsuo Basho,
Japanese
Poet
#Day
#Home
#Journey