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You are never dedicated to do something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically

You are never dedicated to do something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.

Robert M. Pirsig
Religious, Knowledge, People
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance pt. 2, ch. 13 (1974)

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Robert M. Pirsig
Knowledge, Independent, Learning
Robert M. Pirsig (1991). “LILA An Inquriry into Morals”

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.

Robert M. Pirsig
Knowledge, Science, Thinking
1974 Zen and theArt of MotorcycleMaintenance, pt.3, ch.24.

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