Robert M. Pirsig
Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.
-Robert M. Pirsig
alone
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.
-Robert M. Pirsig
experience
Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.
-Robert M. Pirsig
food
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
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
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
truth
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
truth
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