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Robert M. Pirsig
“When you want to hurry something, that means you no longer care about it and want to get on to other things.”
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig
“On any mechanical repair job ego comes in for rough treatment. You're always being fooled, you're always making mistakes, and a mechanic who has a big ego to defend is at a terrific disadvantage. If you know enough mechanics to think of them as a group, and your observations coincide with mine, I think you'll agree that mechanics tend to be rather modest and quiet. There are exceptions, but generally if they're not quiet and modest at first, the works seems to make them that way. And skeptical. Attentive, but skeptical. But not egotistic. There's no way to bullshit your way into looking good on a mechanical repair job, except with someone who doesn't know what you're doing.”
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig
“This forest silence improves anyone.”
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Robert M. Pirsig
“People arrive at a factory and perform a totally meaningless task from eight to five without question because the structure demands that it be that way. There’s no villain, no “mean guy” who wants them to live meaningless lives, it’s just that the structure, the system demands it and no one is willing to take on the formidable task of changing the structure just because it is meaningless.”
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig
“We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people’s lives.”
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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