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Yoshida Kenko Quotes

3 sourced quotes from Yoshida Kenko across Wabi-Sabi.

“The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty.”

Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) · c.1330 Wabi-Sabi

“If man were never to fade away like the dews of Adashino, never to vanish like the smoke over Toribeyama, but lingered on forever in the world, how things would lose their power to move us!”

Essays in Idleness · c.1330 Wabi-Sabi

“Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? Branches about to blossom, or a garden strewn with faded flowers, are worthier of our admiration.”

Essays in Idleness · c.1330 Wabi-Sabi