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
When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself. Robert M. Pirsig culturalculturenorm 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
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. Robert M. Pirsig abstractiondirectexperience Change image and share on social
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
What I am is a heretic who's recanted and, thereby, in everyone's eyes, saved his soul. Everyone's eyes but one, who knows deep down inside that all he has saved is his skin. Robert M. Pirsig deepeyeheretic 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
We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do. Robert M. Pirsig fashiongumptionindividual Change image and share on social
Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity. Robert M. Pirsig boredomcreativitygreat Change image and share on social
