Today is the birthday of Robert Maynard Pirsig (born September 6, 1928), writer and philosopher. He is best known for his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974). The book originally rejected by 121 publishers, has been described by the press as "the most widely read philosophy book" and has sold more than 5 million copies in twenty-seven languages."We're in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it's all gone." - Robert M. Pirsig
"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
"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
"We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives." - Robert M. Pirsig
"Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with Quality." - Robert M. Pirsig
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