Matsuo Basho

“Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water”

“Nothing in the cryof cicadas suggests they are about to die”

“Αρρώστησα.Μόνο τα όνειρά μουσυνεχίζουν το ταξίδισ' αυτήν την ερημιά.”

“In the end, without skill or talent, I've given myself over entirely to poetry. Po Chu-i labored at it until he nearly burst. Tu Fu starved rather than abandon it. Neither my intelligence nor my writing is comparable to such men. Nevertheless, in the end, we ALL live in phantom huts.”

“No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.”

“There we did begin, Cloisterd in the waterfall, Our summer discipline.”

“Poverty's child -he starts to grind the rice,and gazes at the moon.”

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

“The journey itself is my home.”

“Between our two livesthere is also the life ofthe cherry blossom.”

“Sadly, I part from you;Like a clam torn from its shell,I go, and autumn too.”

“Winter garden,the moon thinned to a thread,insects singing.”

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”

“Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.”