To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was... - Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."
More quotes by Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
"The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth,"and so it goes away. Puzzling."
"The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know."
"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion."
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there."
"…the doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Holy wars are not fought over them because verbalized statements about reality are never presumed to be reality itself."