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"The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling."
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Robert M. Pirsig
tags:
inspirational
,
truth
,
zen
44 people liked it
"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion."
—
Robert M. Pirsig
(
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
)
24 people liked it
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there."
—
Robert M. Pirsig
(
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
)
tags:
inspirational
34 people liked it
"The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there."
—
Robert M. Pirsig
21 people liked it
"Like those in the valley behind us, most people stand in sight of the spiritual mountains all their lives and never enter them, being content to listen to others who have been there and thus avoid the hardships."
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Robert M. Pirsig
tags:
religion
,
spirituality
12 people liked it
"Programs of a political nature are important
end products
of social quality that can be effective only if the underlying structure of social values is right. The social values are right only if the individual values are right. The place to improve the world is first in one's heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there. "
—
Robert M. Pirsig
(
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
)
5 people liked it
"Kiss me and you'll know how important I am."
—
Sylvia Plath
tags:
importance
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kiss
,
kissing
420 people liked it
"I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between."
—
Sylvia Plath
(
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
)
tags:
mood-swings
206 people liked it
"Is there no way out of the mind?"
—
Sylvia Plath
114 people liked it
"If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed."
—
Sylvia Plath
(
The Bell Jar
)
tags:
expectations
90 people liked it
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