The thing to understand is that if you are going to reform society you don't start with cops. And if you are going to reform intellect you don't start with psychiatrists. If you don't like our present social system or intellectual system the best thing you can do with either cops or psychiatrists is stay out of their way. You leave them 'till last.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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