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