From Basho: “No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.”
Tag Archives: poetry
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.”
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 07/10/25
From Basho: “Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
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.”
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