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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Wikipedia

Paul H Sep 6, 2024

The 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day, 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers with alt text.

Day 15/20

Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M Pirsig

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JBRossApr 24, 2024
"In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty." — Robert M. Pirsig — — — #RobertMPirsig #quote #quotes #mind #thoughts #ideas #doubt #uncertainty #reconsider #openminded #ideals
psybertronJan 26, 2024
Update for fans of Robert Pirsig and ZMM from the RPA.
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72Degrees aka Pete FisherNov 17, 2023

A thought provoking piece.

"If we can contribute, even in some tiny way, to the good purposes of the whole of reality, this is about as big a difference as we can imagine making."

Philip Goff

To which I respond:

"Good is a noun."

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Why our universe can have cosmic purpose without God | Aeon Essays

Neither atheism nor theism adequately explains reality. That is why we must consider the middle ground between the two

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Show threadJeff BronksJun 23, 2023
@dys_morphia #RobertMPirsig - in that Lila was partly fictional. Not sure if Zen had a fictional element.
Quick QuotesJun 2, 2023

“The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.”
― Robert M. Pirsig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Pirsig

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Stefan KumpfmüllerMay 29, 2023
"You can sort of tell these things."
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Stefan KumpfmüllerMay 29, 2023
"It made the kids at camp much more enthusiastic and cooperative when they had ego goals to fulfill, I'm sure, but ultimately that kind of motivation is destructive."
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Stefan KumpfmüllerMay 29, 2023
"I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning."
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