--- title: "351 Robert M. Pirsig Quotes - Famous Philosopher" description: "Robert M. Pirsig quotes on unexpected paths, the feel of quality, and the danger of rigid values." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-robert-m-pirsig-817.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-robert-m-pirsig-817.jpg) # Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017) Philosopher United States **351** quotes in **1197** categories Robert M. Pirsig describes how a simple county road can suddenly become a pasture, showing that paths often change without warning. He says that quality cannot be defined, yet we all know when we experience it. He warns that clinging to old values creates a trap that blocks new insight. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert M. Pirsig was a philosopher from the United States, best known for *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values*. ## Quick Facts About Robert M. Pirsig Born September 6, 1928 Died April 24, 2017 Nationality United States Profession Philosopher Notable works Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Known for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lila: An Inquiry into Morals ## About Robert M. Pirsig His full name was Robert Maynard Pirsig. The books explore questions about values, quality, and how people understand the world, mixing philosophy with everyday stories. ## Awards & Honors Guggenheim Fellowship ## Quotes by Robert M. Pirsig > [Quality is the Buddha.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/quality-is-the-buddha/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/robert-m-pirsig-817_buddha_quality-is-the-buddha-651722_651722.png) > [It's better not to see than to see wrongly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-s-better-not-to-see-than-to-see-wrongly/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Awe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/robert-m-pirsig-817_awe_it-s-better-not-to-see-than-to-see-wrong_2501252.png) > [A thing that has no value does not exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/a-thing-that-has-no-value-does-not-exist/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Doe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/robert-m-pirsig-817_doe_a-thing-that-has-no-value-does-not-exist_2918365.png) > [There's no such thing as morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/there-s-no-such-thing-as-morality/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/robert-m-pirsig-817_character_there-s-no-such-thing-as-morality-249647_2496476.png) > [The pencil is mightier than the pen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-pencil-is-mightier-than-the-pen/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Mightier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mightier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/robert-m-pirsig-817_mightier_the-pencil-is-mightier-than-the-pen-2357_2357675.png) > [“I turn my head from side to side.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-turn-my-head-from-side-to-side/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Head](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/head/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/robert-m-pirsig-817_head_i-turn-my-head-from-side-to-side-3158444_3158444.png) > [Familiarity can blind too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/familiarity-can-blind-too/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Blind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/robert-m-pirsig-817_blind_familiarity-can-blind-too-2179538_2179538.png) > [Good is a noun rather than an adjective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/good-is-a-noun-rather-than-an-adjective/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Adjective](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adjective/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/robert-m-pirsig-817_adjective_good-is-a-noun-rather-than-an-adjective_2342252.png) > [“To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/to-all-appearances-he-was-just-drifting-in-actuality-he-was-just/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Actuality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actuality/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/robert-m-pirsig-817_actuality_to-all-appearances-he-was-just-drifting_2392253.png) > [“You don’t have to go fishing, of course, to fix your motorcycle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/you-don-t-have-to-go-fishing-of-course-to-fix-your-motorcycle/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Fishing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fishing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/robert-m-pirsig-817_fishing_you-don-t-have-to-go-fishing-of-course-t_1544730.png) > [If you don't generalize you don't philosophize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/if-you-don-t-generalize-you-don-t-philosophize/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Funny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/robert-m-pirsig-817_funny_if-you-don-t-generalize-you-don-t-philos_1618042.png) > [From an endless beach of reality, we take a grain of sand and call it the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/from-an-endless-beach-of-reality-we-take-a-grain-of-sand-and-call-it/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/robert-m-pirsig-817_beach_from-an-endless-beach-of-reality-we-take_1435716.png) > [The only zen thoughts you can find on a mountain summit are those you brought yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-only-zen-thoughts-you-can-find-on-a-mountain-summit-are-those-you/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/robert-m-pirsig-817_climbing_the-only-zen-thoughts-you-can-find-on-a_2952622.png) > [every answer one finds leads to ten more questions. The more we learn the less we know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/every-answer-one-finds-leads-to-ten-more-questions-the-more-we-learn/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/robert-m-pirsig-817_answers_every-answer-one-finds-leads-to-ten-more_2619049.png) > [The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-only-zen-you-can-find-on-the-tops-of-mountains-is-the-zen-you/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/find/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/robert-m-pirsig-817_find_the-only-zen-you-can-find-on-the-tops-of_140978.png) > [That which destroys the old mythos becomes the new mythos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/that-which-destroys-the-old-mythos-becomes-the-new-mythos/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Destroys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destroys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/robert-m-pirsig-817_destroys_that-which-destroys-the-old-mythos-becom_2353113.png) > [The kid who is scared is the one the bullies go after. I used to get beat up pretty badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-kid-who-is-scared-is-the-one-the-bullies-go-after-i-used-to-get/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Beats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/robert-m-pirsig-817_beats_the-kid-who-is-scared-is-the-one-the-bul_1205011.png) > [“Some things you miss because they’re so tiny you overlook them. But some things you don’t see because they’re so huge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/some-things-you-miss-because-they-re-so-tiny-you-overlook-them-but/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Overlook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overlook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/robert-m-pirsig-817_overlook_some-things-you-miss-because-they-re-so_1903467.png) > [One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/one-geometry-cannot-be-more-true-than-another-it-can-only-be-more/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Convenient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/robert-m-pirsig-817_convenient_one-geometry-cannot-be-more-true-than-an_404214.png) > [Up until my first book was published, I had all this potential, people would say, and I screwed up. After it, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/up-until-my-first-book-was-published-i-had-all-this-potential-people/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [After](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/robert-m-pirsig-817_after_up-until-my-first-book-was-published-i-h_112161.png) > [Great minds struggle to cure diseases so that people may live longer, but only madmen ask why. One lives longer in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/great-minds-struggle-to-cure-diseases-so-that-people-may-live-longer/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/robert-m-pirsig-817_asks_great-minds-struggle-to-cure-diseases-so_1486088.png) > [“It is a kind of nowhere, famous for nothing at all and has an appeal because of just that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-is-a-kind-of-nowhere-famous-for-nothing-at-all-and-has-an-appeal/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Appeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appeal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/robert-m-pirsig-817_appeal_it-is-a-kind-of-nowhere-famous-for-nothi_1353164.png) > [People say mental hospitals are for the patients, in fact they are to protect society from them. They are justified in doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/people-say-mental-hospitals-are-for-the-patients-in-fact-they-are-to/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/robert-m-pirsig-817_facts_people-say-mental-hospitals-are-for-the_1625253.png) > [The Good was not a form of reality. It was reality itself, ever-changing, ultimately unknowable in any kind of fixed, rigid way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-good-was-not-a-form-of-reality-it-was-reality-itself-ever/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Fixed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fixed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/robert-m-pirsig-817_fixed_the-good-was-not-a-form-of-reality-it-wa_2968377.png) > [“And from time to time you find your “county road” takes you onto a two-rutter and then a single rutter and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/and-from-time-to-time-you-find-your-county-road-takes-you-onto-a-two/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Journey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/robert-m-pirsig-817_journey_and-from-time-to-time-you-find-your-coun_63099.png) > [Peace of mind produces right values, right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/peace-of-mind-produces-right-values-right-values-produce-right-2/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/robert-m-pirsig-817_action_peace-of-mind-produces-right-values-righ_3136556.png) > [“Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/mountains-should-be-climbed-with-as-little-effort-as-possible-and/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/robert-m-pirsig-817_art_mountains-should-be-climbed-with-as-litt_456483.jpg) > [“but it can’t tell you where you ought to go, unless where you ought to go is a continuation of where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/but-it-can-t-tell-you-where-you-ought-to-go-unless-where-you-ought-to/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/robert-m-pirsig-817_creativity_but-it-can-t-tell-you-where-you-ought-to_247186.png) > [Religious mysticism is intellectual garbage. It’s a vestige of the old superstitious Dark Ages when nobody knew anything...It is one of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/religious-mysticism-is-intellectual-garbage-it-s-a-vestige-of-the-old/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/robert-m-pirsig-817_age_religious-mysticism-is-intellectual-garb_894019.png) > [Now the stream of our common consciousness seems to be obliterating its own banks, losing its central direction and purpose, flooding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/now-the-stream-of-our-common-consciousness-seems-to-be-obliterating/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Common](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/robert-m-pirsig-817_common_now-the-stream-of-our-common-consciousne_326244.jpg) > [The range of human knowledge today is so great that we're all specialists and the distance between specializations has become so great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-range-of-human-knowledge-today-is-so-great-that-we-re-all/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Closeness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/closeness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/robert-m-pirsig-817_closeness_the-range-of-human-knowledge-today-is-so_2016944.jpg) > [Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/traditional-scientific-method-has-always-been-at-the-very-best-20-20/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Hindsight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hindsight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/robert-m-pirsig-817_hindsight_traditional-scientific-method-has-always_1616241.jpg) > [“Like those in the valley behind us, most people stand in sight of the spiritual mountains all their lives and never enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/like-those-in-the-valley-behind-us-most-people-stand-in-sight-of-the-2/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Religion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/robert-m-pirsig-817_religion_like-those-in-the-valley-behind-us-most_1047984.jpg) > [Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/mountains-should-be-climbed-with-as-little-effort-as-possible-and-3/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Climbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/robert-m-pirsig-817_climbs_mountains-should-be-climbed-with-as-litt_3170117.png) > [It was the ghost of rationality itself ... This is the ghost of normal everyday assumptions which declares that the ultimate purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-was-the-ghost-of-rationality-itself-this-is-the-ghost-of-normal/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/robert-m-pirsig-817_alive_it-was-the-ghost-of-rationality-itself-t_768896.jpg) > [“The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure Nature hasn't misled you into thinking you know something you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-real-purpose-of-the-scientific-method-is-to-make-sure-nature-hasn-2/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Logic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/logic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/robert-m-pirsig-817_logic_the-real-purpose-of-the-scientific-metho_2793112.jpg) > [“If you have a high evaluation of yourself then your ability to recognize new facts is weakened. Your ego isolates you from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/if-you-have-a-high-evaluation-of-yourself-then-your-ability-to-2/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Making mistakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/making-mistakes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4de/robert-m-pirsig-817_making-mistakes_if-you-have-a-high-evaluation-of-yoursel_3193791.png) > [“To the untrained eye ego-climbing and selfless climbing may appear identical. Both kinds of climbers place one foot in front of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/to-the-untrained-eye-ego-climbing-and-selfless-climbing-may-appear/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Every step](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-step/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/robert-m-pirsig-817_every-step_to-the-untrained-eye-ego-climbing-and-se_1106154.png) > [The birth of a new fact is always a wonderful thing to experience. It's dualistically called a "discovery" because of the presumption…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-birth-of-a-new-fact-is-always-a-wonderful-thing-to-experience-it/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/robert-m-pirsig-817_awareness_the-birth-of-a-new-fact-is-always-a-wond_2250135.jpg) > [“Quality ... you know what it is, yet you don't know what it is. But that's self-contradictory. But some things are better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/quality-you-know-what-it-is-yet-you-don-t-know-what-it-is-but-that-s/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Quality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/quality/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/robert-m-pirsig-817_quality_quality-you-know-what-it-is-yet-you-don_346698.jpg) ## Robert M. 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