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Robert M. Pirsig Quotes: It's better to live with a sad truth than with all the happy progress talk you get up here in the North.
         

It's better to live with a sad truth than with all the happy progress talk you get up here in the North.


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When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.



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To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.



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The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.



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One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.



Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.



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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.



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My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.



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Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.





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