Today is the birthday of Robert Maynard Pirsig (born September 6, 1928), writer and philosopher. He is is best known for his novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974). The book sold over 4 million copies in twenty-seven languages and was described by the press as the most widely read philosophy book, ever. It was originally rejected by 121 publishers, more than any other bestselling book, according to the Guinness Book of Records. source (1)
"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
"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
"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 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
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