There is nothing you can see that is not a Bashoflower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. Matsuo Basho More Quotes by Matsuo Basho More Quotes From Matsuo Basho Poverty's child - he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon. Matsuo Basho poverty moon children Old pond, leap-splash - a frog. Matsuo Basho ponds frogs leap Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count -- / Festival of the Souls. Matsuo Basho festivals soul thinking Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. Matsuo Basho Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. Matsuo Basho