7 Quotes By Robert M. Pirsig


Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.
Robert M. Pirsig on alone

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.
Robert M. Pirsig on experience

Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.
Robert M. Pirsig on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on truth