One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

Quote by Robert M Pirsig

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The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple...

The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple...

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's...

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's...

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain...

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain...

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the...

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the...

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

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

To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that...

To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that...

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no...

Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no...

It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, Go...

It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, Go...

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you...

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you...

We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives.

We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and...

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and...

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

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

Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material...

Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material...

The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there

The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen...

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen...

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...