Robert M. Pirsig Quotes

Krispy Kreme claims the 'batter is the best part.' Same with an Obama speech. It's all about what's on the outside, not what's inside.

You’d be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look

Look at a person's light, not their lampshade.

I mean all this focus on how we look on the outside. It's just all wrong

Our minds are like certain vehicles,--when they have little to carry they make much noise about it, but when heavily loaded they run quietly.

That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing.

It is better to look good than to feel good.

But the Beast was a good person...the Prince looked on the outside the way the Beast was on the inside. Sometimes people couldn't see the inside of the person unless they like the outside of a person. Because they hadn't learned to hear the music yet.

And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

Everything you and I will ever have will come to us as the result of the way we use our minds, the one thing we possess that makes us different from all other creatures.

Beauty is not, as fond men misdeem, an outward show of things that only seem.

The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.

Don't mind your make-up, you'd better make your mind up.

People still tell me I’m fat, but when I look in the mirror, that’s not what I see.

Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving.

I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count so much as folks thought it did, colored or white, man or woman.

I believe we are powerful but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.

You don't have to be a genius to find the hidden potential deep in your mind.

We can program ourselves to be the person we want to be, whatever the subject matter is, live in it by a mental physical program - a system of learning and doing. Studying all the greats in that field and becoming greater. I believe we are powerful, but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.

When the character's right, looks are a greater delight.

We should not be frightened by appearances.

The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.

The subconscious is like having a laboratory assistant who pretends to love you and help you, but after you go home to go to sleep it goes back into the lab and starts fumbling with the data and destroying it. It's a very tricky thing. People think our minds are us, but that's not true at all. The mind is not us.

Outward appearances mean everything.

I compare myself to a good barn. You can have a good barn, and if you paint it, it looks a little better. But if you take the paint off, it's still a good barn.