Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki.
Last updated on November 13, 2024.
Nanao Sakaki was a Japanese poet, author of Bellyfulls and leading personality of The Tribe. He was born to a large family in Kagoshima Prefecture, and raised by parents who ran an indigo dye-house.
To stay young,
To save the world,
Break the mirror.
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.
If he had had no education, maybe Basho could have been a much greater poet.
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.
I don't climb mountains. Mountains climb me. The mountain is myself. I climb on myself.