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34 quotes by Robert M. Pirsig

Robert M. Pirsig Pirsig, July 7, 2005 Born Robert Maynard Pirsig (1928-09-06) September 6, 1928 (age 86) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Occupation Writer, philosopher Nationality USA Genre Philosophical fiction Notable works Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991) Spouse Nancy Ann James (m. 1954–1978) Wendy Kimball (m. 1978) Children Chris, Theodore, Nell Robert Maynard Pirsig (born September 6,...
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When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself.

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The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

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For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn't get his ideas from other people all around him.

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The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

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To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

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One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

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Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for... →

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Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

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It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness... If you talk about it, you are always lying, and if you don't talk about it, no... →

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Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

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Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

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To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

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The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

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