Love Quotes by Robert M. Pirsig

12 Love quotes by Robert M. Pirsig

Robert M. Pirsig’s philosophical bent gives these 12 love quotes a contemplative edge. He melds metaphysical inquiry with everyday affection, offering a compact yet thought‑provoking perspective.

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If you don't generalize you don't philosophize.

Robert M. Pirsig

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It's better not to see than to see wrongly.

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Quality... you know what it is, yet you don't know what it is.

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It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.

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That's all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked out in steel.

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Even though quality cannot be defined, you know what quality is.

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We always condemn most in others that which we most fear in ourselves.

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When are we going to get going?" Chris says. "What's your hurry?" I ask. "I just want to get going." "There's nothing…

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every answer one finds leads to ten more questions. The more we learn the less we know.

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Analytic and romantic understanding should be united at a basic level. Reassimilate the passions from which the rational mind fled.

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“To some extent the romantic condemnation of rationality stems from the very effectiveness of rationality in uplifting men from primitive conditions.”

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They just hate it when people make love. And then they'll go to a fistfight where somebody's really hurt and all covered…

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