Santoka Taneda quotes:

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.

Do not be attached to the past or wait for the future. Be grateful for each day, that is enough. I do not believe in a future world, I deny the past. I believe entirely in the present. Employ your entire body and mind in the eternal now.

Several ripe persimmons Left on the branches; Gray clouds come and go.

Completely dried up, They've become beans.

Weeds grasp their own essence and express its truth.

Talentless and incompetent as I am, there are two things I can do, and two things only: walk, with my own two feet; compose, composing my poems.