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Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: American Philosopher Quotes Date of Birth: September 6, 1928 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Robert M. Pirsig Related Authors: George Santayana William James Mortimer Adler John Dewey Josiah Royce Albert J. Nock Allan Bloom Nicholas M. Butler |
Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.
Robert M. Pirsig It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling. Robert M. Pirsig Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food. Robert M. Pirsig One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous. Robert M. Pirsig Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. Robert M. Pirsig The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. Robert M. Pirsig The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. Robert M. Pirsig 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 The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling. Robert M. Pirsig To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig 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 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 We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives. Robert M. Pirsig |
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