Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
More Quotes from Matsuo Basho:
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.Matsuo Basho
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
Matsuo Basho
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old seek what they sought.
Matsuö Basho
Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, sabi is like this old figure.
Matsuö Basho
Japanese haiku poets found something morose in the sound, an omen of the cicada's short adult life. In the cicada's cry, ... no sign can foretell how soon it must die.
Matsuö Basho
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