Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: RIP Mr. Pirsig

"We take a handful of sand from the endless landscape of awareness around us and call that handful of sand the world."

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 “Normally screws are so cheap and small and simple you think of them as unimportant. But now, as your Quality awareness becomes stronger, you realize that this one, individual, particular screw is neither cheap nor small nor unimportant.

 “Right now this screw is worth exactly the selling price of the whole motorcycle, because the motorcycle is actually valueless until you get the screw out.
“With this reevaluation of the screw comes a willingness to expand your knowledge of it.”

― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values  (Amazon)





I read this book for the first time when in high school.  It's a book that changed how I saw the world... and continues to change how I see the world today.  Rest in peace, Robert.

--Owl




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