"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise but seek what they sought in solitary..." - Matsuo Basho

🌙 Solitude

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise but seek what they sought in solitary contemplation”

True wisdom comes from our own solitary seeking not from imitation.

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

— Matsuo Basho

“Sitting quietly doing nothing spring comes and the grass grows by itself.”

— Matsuo Basho

“An old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again.”

— Matsuo Basho

“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”

— Matsuo Basho

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought which was peace.”

— Matsuo Basho

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise seek what they sought”

— Matsuo Basho