Author: Robert M. Pirsig

Quotes

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.

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

If you run from technology, it will chase you.

If you run from technology, it will chase you.

- Robert M. Pirsig

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

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

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

- Robert M. Pirsig

We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do.

We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do.

- Robert M. Pirsig

Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.

Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.

- Robert M. Pirsig

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

- Robert M. Pirsig

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

- Robert M. Pirsig

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

- Robert M. Pirsig

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