robert m pirsig

“ When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten. ”

“ Its an old split. Like the one between art and art history. One does it and the other talks about how its done and the talk about how its done never seems to match how one does it. ”

“ Logic presumes a separation of subject from object; therefore logic is not final wisdom. This is Zen. This is my motorcycle maintenance. ”

“ The world has no existence whatsoever outside of the human imagination. ”

“ I was an outsider who seemed more interested in attacking what was being taught than learning from it. ”

“ Stuckness shouldnt be avoided. Its the psychic predecessor of all real understanding. ”

“ An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an understanding of all Quality. ”

“ When you want to hurry something, that means you no longer care about it and want to get on to other things. ”

“ The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasnt misled you into thinking you know something you actually dont know. ”

“ We take a handful of sand from the endless landscape of awareness around us and call that handful of sand the world. ”