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Quote of the day 07/22/25

From Basho: “To talk casuallyAbout an iris flowerIs one of the pleasuresOf the wandering journey.”

Quote of the day 07/21/25

From Basho: “Birth of art –song of rice planters,chorus from nowhere.”

From Basho: “What is important is to keep our mind high in the world of true understanding, and returning to the world of our daily experience to seek therein the truth of beauty. No mater what we may be doing at a given moment, we must not forget that it has a bearing upon ourContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/20/25”

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 07/18/25

From Basho: “Not knowing the name of the tree,I stood in the floodof its sweet scent.”

Quote of the day 07/17/25

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

Quote of the day 07/16/25

From Basho: “The temple bell stopsBut the sound keeps comingout of the flowers”

Quote of the day 07/15/25

From Basho: “There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.”

Quote of the day 07/14/25

From Basho: “The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

Quote of the day 07/13/25

From Basho: “When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.”