“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
-Dr. Seuss
“Only you can control your future.”
-Dr. Seuss
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
-Dr. Seuss
“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.”
-Dr. Seuss
I read “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” about seven years ago. The book is one of my favorite books, even though I literally had to read most pages a few times to grasp the meaning. Even so, the book has a deep-rooted meaning of life and the pursuit of finding one self. Here are a few of my favorite quotes. And if you have some time, I highly recommend this book. I promise, the book is worth it.
“To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.”
-Robert Pirsig
“We’re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it’s all gone. ”
-Robert Pirsig
“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 Pirsig
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