174 Quotes by Matsuo Bashō

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

At the ancient pond the frog plunges into the sound of water

Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.

Friends part foreverwild geese lost in cloud

Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.

Old pond, leap-splash - a frog.

First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.

The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master.