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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 6

> [My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/my-favorite-piece-of-technical-writing-assembly-of-japanese-bicycle/)

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> [“If you get careless or go romanticizing scientific information, giving it a flourish here and there, Nature will soon make a complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/if-you-get-careless-or-go-romanticizing-scientific-information-giving-2/)

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> [In the temple of science are many mansions ... and various indeed are they that dwell therein and the motives that have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/in-the-temple-of-science-are-many-mansions-and-various-indeed-are-2/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/when-are-we-going-to-get-going-chris-says-what-s-your-hurry-i-ask-i/)

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> [When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/when-one-person-suffers-from-a-delusion-it-is-called-insanity-when/)

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> [Logic presumes a separation of subject from object; therefore logic is not final wisdom.This is Zen. This is my motorcycle maintenance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/logic-presumes-a-separation-of-subject-from-object-therefore-logic-is/)

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> [If your mind is truly, profoundly stuck, then it might be much better off than when it was loaded with ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/if-your-mind-is-truly-profoundly-stuck-then-it-might-be-much-better/)

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> [The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-real-purpose-of-the-scientific-method-is-to-make-sure-nature-hasn/)

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> [We must understand that when a society undermines intellectual freedom for its own purposes it is absolutely morally bad, but when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/we-must-understand-that-when-a-society-undermines-intellectual/)

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> [How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/how-are-you-going-to-teach-virtue-if-you-teach-the-relativity-of-all/)

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[Absolutes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutes/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/they-just-hate-it-when-people-make-love-and-then-they-ll-go-to-a/)

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> [The Church of Reason, like all institutions of the System, is based not on individual strength but upon individual weakness. What's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-church-of-reason-like-all-institutions-of-the-system-is-based-not/)

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> [To an experienced Zen Buddhist, asking if one believes in Zen or one believes in the Buddha, sounds a little ludicrous, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/to-an-experienced-zen-buddhist-asking-if-one-believes-in-zen-or-one/)

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> [The real evil isn't the objects of technology but the tendency of technology to isolate people into lonely attitudes of objectivity. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-real-evil-isn-t-the-objects-of-technology-but-the-tendency-of/)

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> [“that Quality was the effect of subjects and objects. It was not! He brought out his knife. “The sun of quality,” he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/that-quality-was-the-effect-of-subjects-and-objects-it-was-not-he/)

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> [“What I would like to do is use the time that is coming now to talk about some things that have come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/what-i-would-like-to-do-is-use-the-time-that-is-coming-now-to-talk/)

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> [The only difference between causation and the value is that the word "cause" implies absolute certainty whereas the implied meaning of "value"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-only-difference-between-causation-and-the-value-is-that-the-word/)

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> [“What the classical formalists meant by the objection “Quality is just what you like” was that this subjective, undefined “quality” he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/what-the-classical-formalists-meant-by-the-objection-quality-is-just/)

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> [“What’s emerging from the pattern of my own life is the for belief that the crisis is being caused by the inadequacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/what-s-emerging-from-the-pattern-of-my-own-life-is-the-for-belief/)

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> [I think present-day reason is an analogue of the flat earth of the medieval period. If you go too far beyond it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-think-present-day-reason-is-an-analogue-of-the-flat-earth-of-the/)

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> [“If I hold my head to the left and look down at the handle grips and front wheel and map carrier and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/if-i-hold-my-head-to-the-left-and-look-down-at-the-handle-grips-and/)

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> [“What was behind this smug presumption that what pleased you was bad or at least unimportant in comparison to other things? ……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/what-was-behind-this-smug-presumption-that-what-pleased-you-was-bad/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [The TV scientist who mutters sadly, "The experiment is a failure; we have failed to achieve what we had hoped for," is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-tv-scientist-who-mutters-sadly-the-experiment-is-a-failure-we/)

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> [It's normal at this point for the fear-anger syndrome to take over and make you want to hammer on that side plate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-s-normal-at-this-point-for-the-fear-anger-syndrome-to-take-over/)

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> [Making an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology...Art is anything that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/making-an-art-out-of-your-technological-life-is-the-way-to-solve-the/)

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> [“Stuckness shouldn’t be avoided. It’s the psychic predecessor of all real understanding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/stuckness-shouldn-t-be-avoided-it-s-the-psychic-predecessor-of-all-2/)

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> [“It’s not the technology that’s scary. It’s what it does to the relations between people,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/it-s-not-the-technology-that-s-scary-it-s-what-it-does-to-the/)

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> [“Kad jedna osoba pati od iluzije, to se naziva poremećenošću uma. Kad mnogo ljudi pati od iluzije, to se naziva religijom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/kad-jedna-osoba-pati-od-iluzije-to-se-naziva-poreme-eno-u-uma-kad/)

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> [Analytic and romantic understanding should be united at a basic level. Reassimilate the passions from which the rational mind fled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/analytic-and-romantic-understanding-should-be-united-at-a-basic-level/)

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> [What is seen now so much more clearly is that although the names keep changing and the bodies keep changing, the larger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/what-is-seen-now-so-much-more-clearly-is-that-although-the-names-keep/)

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> [The logic of science was infallible, and if the scientists were sometimes mistaken, this was assumed to be only from their mistaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-logic-of-science-was-infallible-and-if-the-scientists-were/)

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> [Civilization, or "the system" or "society" or whatever you want to call it, is best served not by mules but by free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/civilization-or-the-system-or-society-or-whatever-you-want-to-call-it/)

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> [People are all at sixes and sevens with each other. They're always quarreling. They never somehow resolve anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/people-are-all-at-sixes-and-sevens-with-each-other-they-re-always/)

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> [“A classical understanding sees the world primarily as underlying form itself. A romantic understanding sees it primarily in terms of immediate appearance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/a-classical-understanding-sees-the-world-primarily-as-underlying-form/)

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> [The major producer of the social chaos, the indeterminacy of thought and values that rational knowledge is supposed to eliminate, is none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-major-producer-of-the-social-chaos-the-indeterminacy-of-thought/)

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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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/to-some-extent-the-romantic-condemnation-of-rationality-stems-from/)

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> [I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/i-did-not-want-to-write-one-of-those-sequels-that-famous-first-book/)

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> [Physical distance between people has nothing to do with loneliness. It's psychic distance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/physical-distance-between-people-has-nothing-to-do-with-loneliness-it/)

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[Distance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distance/)

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> [The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/the-truth-knocks-on-the-door-and-you-say-go-away-i-m-looking-for-the/)

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> [And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good— Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/and-what-is-good-phaedrus-and-what-is-not-good-need-we-ask-anyone-to/)

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