Reading Archives (Author)
Selfless Climbing versus Ego Climbing
Robert Pirsig
Phaedrus wrote a letter from India about a pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailas, the source of the Ganges and the abode of Shiva, high in the Himalayas, in the company of a holy man and his adherents. H...
The Japanese Word, Mu
Robert Pirsig
Yes and no…this or that…one or zero. In the basis of this elementary two-term discrimination, all human knowledge is built up. The demonstration of this is the computer memory that store...
The Art of the Skilled Mechanic
Robert Pirsig
Not moving, not really thinking about anything, not really caring about anything either, seems to draw out the inner tensions and frustrations that have prevented you from solving problems you couldn'...
Futility of Discrimination
Robert Pirsig
"All the time we are aware of millions of things around us--these changing shapes, these burning hills, the sound of the engine, the feel of the throttle, each rock and weed and fence post and piec...