From Basho: “Birth of art –song of rice planters,chorus from nowhere.”
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Quote of the day 07/19/25
From Basho: “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.”
Quote of the day 07/12/25
From Basho: “Sitting quietly, doing nothing;Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”
Quote of the day 07/11/25
From Basho: “Real poetry is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.”
Quote of the day 07/09/25
From Jitsu-go-kiyo: “If thou be born in the poor man’s hovel, yet have wisdom, then wilt thou be like the lotus-flower growing out of the mire.”
Quote of the day 07/06/25
From the Salla Sutta: “This world is afflicted with death and decay; therefore the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world.”
Quote of the day 06/27/25
From the Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king: “I desire to produce in myself a loving heart towards all living creatures.”
Quote of the day 06/18/25
From William Blake: “To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,Hold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour.”
Quote of the day 06/16/25
From Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “No mind is thoroughly well-organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.”
Quote of the day 06/14/25
From Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions – the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.”
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