“If you want to build a factory, or fix a motorcycle, or set a nation right without getting stuck, then classical, structured, dualistic subject-object knowledge, although necessary, isn't enough. You have to have some feeling for the quality of the work. You have to have a sense of what's good. That is what carries you forward. This sense isn't just something you're born with, although you are born with it. It's also something you can develop. It's not just "intuition,'' not just unexplainable "skill'' or "talent.'' It's the direct result of contact with basic reality, Quality, which dualistic reason has in the past tended to conceal.”
―
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Share this quote:
Friends Who Liked This Quote
To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!
1 like
All Members Who Liked This Quote
This Quote Is From
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
by
Robert M. Pirsig244,065 ratings, average rating, 11,778 reviews
Open Preview
Browse By Tag
- love (101620)
- life (79585)
- inspirational (76020)
- humor (44427)
- philosophy (31077)
- inspirational-quotes (28963)
- god (26954)
- truth (24790)
- wisdom (24709)
- romance (24409)
- poetry (23357)
- life-lessons (22665)
- quotes (21173)
- death (20592)
- happiness (19066)
- travel (18767)
- hope (18587)
- faith (18456)
- inspiration (17349)
- spirituality (15761)
- relationships (15685)
- life-quotes (15627)
- religion (15420)
- love-quotes (15403)
- motivational (15359)
- writing (14962)
- success (14207)
- motivation (13208)
- time (12893)
- motivational-quotes (12621)

