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 knows it is there. Robert M. Pirsig goodlienothingness Change image and share on social
Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity. Robert M. Pirsig boredomcreativitygreat Change image and share on social
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. Robert M. Pirsig abstractiondirectexperience 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
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
To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig futuregoallife Change image and share on social
Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food. Robert M. Pirsig foodgivemenu Change image and share on social
The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain. Robert M. Pirsig buddhacircuitcomfortably Change image and share on social
I have money, fame, a happy wife, our daughter Nell. Robert M. Pirsig daughterfamehappy Change image and share on social
The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon. Robert M. Pirsig achieveartcare share on social
