I think this fear of insanity is comparable to the fear people once had of falling off the edge of the world. Or the fear of heretics...What's happening is that each year our old flat earth of conventional reason becomes less and less adequate to handle the experiences we have and this is creating wide-spread feelings of topsy-turviness. As a result we're getting more and more people in irrational areas of thought...occultism, mysticism, drug changes and the like...because they feel an inadequacy in classical reason to handle what they know are real experiences.
That which destroys the old mythos becomes the new mythos. - Robert M. Pirsig
That which destroys the old mythos becomes the new mythos.
- Robert M. Pirsig
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 one kn… - Robert M. Pirsig
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 one kn…
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. - Robert M. Pirsig
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you b… - Robert M. Pirsig
Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you b…
every answer one finds leads to ten more questions. The more we learn the less we know. - Robert M. Pirsig
every answer one finds leads to ten more questions. The more we learn the less we know.
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. - Robert M. Pirsig
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know. - Robert M. Pirsig
The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.
A person isn't considered insane if there are a number of people who believe the same way. Insanity isn't supposed to be a communicable disease. If o… - Robert M. Pirsig
A person isn't considered insane if there are a number of people who believe the same way. Insanity isn't supposed to be a communicable disease. If o…
Is it hard?' Not if you have the right attitudes. Its having the right attitudes thats hard. - Robert M. Pirsig
Is it hard?' Not if you have the right attitudes. Its having the right attitudes thats hard.
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