Even in Kyoto / Hearing the cuckoo’s cry / I long for Kyoto Matsuo Basho
Autumn……the year’s last, loveliest smile. William Cullen Bryant .
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. Matsuo Basho
Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone. Matsuo Basho  
When your consciousness has become ripe in true zazen - pure like clear water, like a serene mountain lake, not moved by wind - then anything may serve as a medium for realization. Matsuo Basho
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Loren Eiseley . 
When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come. Leonardo da Vinci .
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. Matsuo Basho
 As I eat a persimmon / The bell starts ringing / At Horyuji Temple Masaoka Shiki . 
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. Matsuo Basho
Pare down to the essence, but don’t remove the poetry. Leonard Koren .
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius .
Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale. Lauren Destefano . 
From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. And from the bamboo, of the bamboo. Matsuo Basho
To be a geisha, you have to have an iron-clad layer around you, around your physical body and your heart. Michelle Yeoh
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