{"id":39196,"date":"2024-04-26T23:04:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T23:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/branding\/pirsig-robert-m-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-an-inquiry-into-values-random-house-1999\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T23:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T23:04:42","slug":"pirsig-robert-m-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-an-inquiry-into-values-random-house-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheilathewriter.com\/blog\/pirsig-robert-m-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-an-inquiry-into-values-random-house-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirsig, Robert M. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance An inquiry into values. Random House, 1999."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rober Pirsig\u2019s Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: Quality, Identity, Duality and Zen<\/p>\n<p>Citation<\/p>\n<p>Pirsig, Robert M.\u00a0Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: An inquiry into values. Random House, 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Quotes<\/p>\n<p>The truth knocks on the door and you say, &#8220;Go away, I&#8217;m looking for the truth,&#8221; and so it goes away. Puzzling (Pirsig, pg. 2)<\/p>\n<p>If someone&#8217;s ungrateful and you tell him he&#8217;s ungrateful, okay, you&#8217;ve called him a name. You haven&#8217;t solved anything. (Pirsig, pg. 22)<\/p>\n<p>Peace of mind isn&#8217;t at all superficial to technical work. It&#8217;s the whole thing. (Pirsig, pg. 72)<\/p>\n<p>If your mind is truly, profoundly stuck, then it might be much better off than when it was loaded with ideas. (Pirsig, pg. 130)<\/p>\n<p>His inner peace of mind occurs on three levels of understanding. 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