Quotes by Matsuo Basho

• Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
• There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
• The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
• The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
• Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.
• Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
• Seek not to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.
• Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of others, instead, seek what they sought.
• Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.