The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. Robert M. Pirsig Brainy
We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do. Robert M. Pirsig Independence
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 Truth
To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig Future
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 Art
To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig Future
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 Peace