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# Robert M. Pirsig

(1928–2017)   Philosopher   United States

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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 · Page 3

> [A person who follows the dharma is unpredictable because the dharma is unpredictable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/a-person-who-follows-the-dharma-is-unpredictable-because-the-dharma/)

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[Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/)

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> [“Plans are deliberately indefinite, more to travel than to arrive anywhere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/plans-are-deliberately-indefinite-more-to-travel-than-to-arrive/)

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[Indefinite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indefinite/)

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> [Caring about what you are doing is considered either unimportant or taken for granted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/caring-about-what-you-are-doing-is-considered-either-unimportant-or/)

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[Caring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caring/)

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> [An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an understanding of all Quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/an-egoless-acceptance-of-stuckness-is-a-key-to-an-understanding-of/)

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[Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/)

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> [“Buy good tools as you can afford them and you’ll never regret it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/buy-good-tools-as-you-can-afford-them-and-you-ll-never-regret-it/)

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[Afford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afford/)

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> [“Like trying to keep a fatman out of the refrigerator. 'Lila”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/like-trying-to-keep-a-fatman-out-of-the-refrigerator-lila/)

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[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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> [We always condemn most in others, he thought, that which we most fear in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/we-always-condemn-most-in-others-he-thought-that-which-we-most-fear/)

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[Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/)

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> [I think metaphysics is good if it improves everyday life; otherwise forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-think-metaphysics-is-good-if-it-improves-everyday-life-otherwise/)

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[Day life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day-life/)

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> [“Your common sense is nothing more than the voices of thousands and thousands of these ghosts from the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/your-common-sense-is-nothing-more-than-the-voices-of-thousands-and/)

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[Common sense](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common-sense/)

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> [“huge body of common knowledge that unites our minds as cells are united in the body of man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/huge-body-of-common-knowledge-that-unites-our-minds-as-cells-are/)

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[Common knowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common-knowledge/)

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> [Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/other-people-can-talk-about-how-to-expand-the-destiny-of-mankind-i-2/)

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[Destiny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destiny/)

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> [If you have a high evaluation of yourself then your ability to recognize new facts is weakened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/if-you-have-a-high-evaluation-of-yourself-then-your-ability-to/)

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[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

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> [If someone's ungrateful and you tell him he's ungrateful, okay, you've called him a name. You haven't solved anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/if-someone-s-ungrateful-and-you-tell-him-he-s-ungrateful-okay-you-ve/)

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[Names](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/names/)

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> [Within a Metaphysics of Quality, science is a set of static intellectual patterns describing this reality, but the patterns are not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/within-a-metaphysics-of-quality-science-is-a-set-of-static/)

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[Describing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/describing/)

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> [The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-buddha-resides-as-comfortably-in-the-circuits-of-a-digital/)

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[Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddha/)

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> [Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/any-effort-that-has-self-glorification-as-its-final-endpoint-is-bound/)

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[Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bounds/)

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> [We’re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/we-re-in-such-a-hurry-most-of-the-time-we-never-get-much-chance-to/)

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[Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance/)

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> [The real ugliness lies in the relationship between people who produce the technology and the things they produce, which results in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-real-ugliness-lies-in-the-relationship-between-people-who-produce/)

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[Technology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/technology/)

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> [The real University... has no specific location. It owns no property, pays no salaries, and receives no material dues... The real University…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-real-university-has-no-specific-location-it-owns-no-property-pays/)

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[Century](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/century/)

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> [Now, to take that which has caused us to create the world, and include it within the world we have created, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/now-to-take-that-which-has-caused-us-to-create-the-world-and-include/)

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[Defined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defined/)

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> [“I hope later she will see and feel a thing about these prairies I have given up talking to others about; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-hope-later-she-will-see-and-feel-a-thing-about-these-prairies-i/)

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[Prairies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prairies/)

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> [I really am a recluse. I just enjoy watching the wind blow through the trees. In America someone who sits around and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-really-am-a-recluse-i-just-enjoy-watching-the-wind-blow-through-the/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [“You see things vacationing on a motorcycle in a way that is completely different from any other. In a car you're always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/you-see-things-vacationing-on-a-motorcycle-in-a-way-that-is-3/)

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[Motorcycle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motorcycle/)

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> [Anxiety is sort of the opposite of ego. You're so sure you'll do everything wrong you're afraid to do anything at all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/anxiety-is-sort-of-the-opposite-of-ego-you-re-so-sure-you-ll-do/)

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[Anxieties](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxieties/)

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> [Now he began to see for the first time the unbelievable magnitude of what man, when he gained power to understand and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/now-he-began-to-see-for-the-first-time-the-unbelievable-magnitude-of/)

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[Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/)

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> [“You’ve got to live right, too. It’s the way you live that predisposes you to avoid the traps and see the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/you-ve-got-to-live-right-too-it-s-the-way-you-live-that-predisposes/)

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[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

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> [Unless you're fond of hollering you don't make great conversations on a running cycle. Instead you spend your time being aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/unless-you-re-fond-of-hollering-you-don-t-make-great-conversations-on/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [“Romantic Quality always correlated with instantaneous impressions. Square Quality always involved multiple considerations that extended over a period of time. Romantic Quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/romantic-quality-always-correlated-with-instantaneous-impressions/)

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[Past and future](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/past-and-future/)

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> [“There is no evidence anywhere that he ever thought of his expulsion from the university as a failure, just an enigma. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/there-is-no-evidence-anywhere-that-he-ever-thought-of-his-expulsion/)

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[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

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> [“This is the source of the trouble. Persons tend to think and feel exclusively in one mode or the other and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/this-is-the-source-of-the-trouble-persons-tend-to-think-and-feel/)

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[Truths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/truths/)

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> [“It’s sometimes argued that there’s no real progress; that a civilization that kills multitudes in mass warfare, that pollutes the land and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-s-sometimes-argued-that-there-s-no-real-progress-that-a/)

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[Civilization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilization/)

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> [The purpose of scientific method is to select a single truth from among many hypothetical truths. That, more than anything else, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-purpose-of-scientific-method-is-to-select-a-single-truth-from/)

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[Absolute truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/)

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> [I really don't mind dying because I figure I haven't wasted this life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-really-don-t-mind-dying-because-i-figure-i-haven-t-wasted-this-life-2/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-s-the-sides-of-the-mountain-which-sustain-life-not-the-top/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/we-keep-passing-unseen-through-little-moments-of-other-people-s-lives/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [Even though quality cannot be defined, you know what quality is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/even-though-quality-cannot-be-defined-you-know-what-quality-is/)

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[Defined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defined/)

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> [We always condemn most in others that which we most fear in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/we-always-condemn-most-in-others-that-which-we-most-fear-in-ourselves/)

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[Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/)

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> [The number of hypotheses available to explain any given phenomenon is infinite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-number-of-hypotheses-available-to-explain-any-given-phenomenon-is/)

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[Available](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/available/)

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> [I suppose philosophy is historically not a woman's game, though that is changing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-suppose-philosophy-is-historically-not-a-woman-s-game-though-that/)

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[Changing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/changing/)

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> [It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-s-so-hard-when-contemplated-in-advance-and-so-easy-when-you-do-it/)

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[Contemplating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contemplating/)

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## Robert M. Pirsig by topic

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