Nanao Sakaki Professions : PoetBorn : 1923Died : December 22, 2008 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Nanao Sakaki Just Enough Soil for legs Axe for hands Flower for eyes Bird for ears Mushrooms for nose Smile for mouth Songs for lungs Sweat for skin Wind for mind. Nanao Sakaki flowereyesong If you have time to chatter, Read books. If you have time to read, Walk into mountain, desert and ocean. If you have time to walk, Sing songs and dance. If you have time to dance, Sit quietly, you Happy Lucky Idiot. Nanao Sakaki oceansongbook I don't climb mountains. Mountains climb me. The mountain is myself. I climb on myself. Nanao Sakaki mountainhikingjourney To stay young, Nanao Sakaki breakmirrorsworld If he had had no education, maybe Basho could have been a much greater poet. Nanao Sakaki could-have-beenhas-beenspoet Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors
