Robert M. Pirsig Quotes

An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an understanding of all Quality.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

There have been setbacks, illnesses and other obstacles, so inevitably I've had disappointments. But once you realise that things can't always go your own way, you're on the right track to being able to handle your own life.

Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.

I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine.

At different times in my life, I've made grand statements like, 'I want these many kids, and I want them by this age.' I think, with every year that goes by, I accept that I don't know when it's going to happen or how it's going to happen. I'll just take it one day at a time, and when I'm ready, I'll be ready. It'll reveal itself, I guess.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge.

As I allow myself my own weaknesses, I should tolerate the weaknesses of others.

The things you cannot change you can't waste your time on.

The biggest piece of advice I have is - listen. Don't jump to the answer or what you think the answer is. The more you listen, the more you learn.

I've learned over the years that there's a lot of things that work out pretty well that I don't love.

The best thing is to accept the circumstances, not take them personally, deal with them, stop complaining, and give everything your best.

Things will come and go, and your life will go on, but you don't want to get too ahead of yourself.

I'm trying to just take things as they come, not to try to expect too much, just do my job and hope things work out.

Sometimes you have to park things you're not happy with, because there are more important things to be done.

I know that some of the ideas that I have are not always going to be seen as a good idea by everybody but, that's just life. We learn at some point that you don't always get your way.

You have to let go of the control and allow things to develop. You need to have a flexible attitude, especially working with kids.

Everyone has flaws. It's a matter of finding the ones you can live with.

One does what one can, not what one cannot.

Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.

Dorothy was in that state human beings passed through at the beginning of a love affair, in which they desire to say anything and everything to the beloved, to the alter ego, before they have learned what the real Other can and can't understand, can and can't accept.

You must be willing to take whatever pieces of life come your way and arrange them so that they work with and for you rather than against you. The key is to be willing. The willingness to arrange rather than complain or make excuses will pay off.