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About Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher
Robert Maynard Pirsig was an American writer and philosopher. He is best known for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, published in 1974, and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals, published in 1991. His work is shaped by philosophical questions about values, morals, and quality. He also co-authored On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings with his wife and editor, Wendy Pirsig, which was published in 2022.
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- “It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness... If you talk about it, you are always lying, a…”Robert M. Pirsig
- “She was strangely unaware that she could look and see freshly for herself, as she wrote, without primary rega…”Robert M. Pirsig
- “The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.”Robert M. Pirsig
- “There is a perennial classical question that asks which part of the motorcycle, which grain of sand in which…”Robert M. Pirsig
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- “My nickname is The Fonz. My sister Lori nicknamed me it when I was younger and it stuck.”Nicole Appleton
- “I read 'Pushing the Limit' and 'Dare You To' by Katie McGarry. Fantastic stuff. I had never read young adult…”Lori Foster
- “'LOL' is one of several texting expressions that convey nuance in a system where you don't have the voice and…”John McWhorter
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Books by Robert M. Pirsig
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
2000
Lila
1992