The moon is brighter since the barn burned.

Quote by Matsuo Basho

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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

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

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

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

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

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.

Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you...

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you...

Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an...

Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an...

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a...

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a...

In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes

In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a...

Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a...