Robert M. Pirsig Quotes


The ultimate test's always your own serenity. If you don't have this when you start and maintain it while you're working you're likely to build your personal problems right into the machine itself.


Citations

Pirsig, Robert M. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values. William Morrow & Company, 1974, p. 158.

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Robert M. Pirsig
Robert M. Pirsig
  • Born: September 6, 1928
  • Died: April 24, 2017
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer, Philosopher

Robert Maynard Pirsig was an American writer and philosopher. He was the author of the philosophical novels Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991).