Up until my first book was published, I had all this potential, people would say, and I screwed up. After it, I could say: 'No, I didn't screw up.' Robert M. Pirsig bookpeoplepotential Change image and share on social
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 testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go. Robert M. Pirsig goodhavehindsight share on social
I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.' Robert M. Pirsig authorbookfamous Change image and share on social
I really don't mind dying because I figure I haven't wasted this life. Robert M. Pirsig diefigurelife Change image and share on social
Why, for example, should a group of simple, stable compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen struggle for billions of years to organise themselves into a professor of chemistry? What's the motive? Robert M. Pirsig billioncarbonchemistry share on social
The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you. Robert M. Pirsig celebrityenvyfunny Change image and share on social
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. Robert M. Pirsig bringfindmountain Change image and share on social
We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives. Robert M. Pirsig livemomentpass Change image and share on social
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. Robert M. Pirsig ideakeeperlighthouse Change image and share on social
The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are. Robert M. Pirsig arrivesimplesolution Change image and share on social
