Robert M. Pirsig Quotes

Not Everyone Understands What A Completely Rational Process This Is, This Maintenance Of A Motorcycle. They Think It's Some Kind Of "knack" Or Some Kind Of "affinity For Machines" In Operation. They Are Right, But The Knack Is Almost Purely A Process Of Reason, And Most Of The Troubles Are Caused By What Old Time Radio Men Called A "short Between The Earphones," Failures To Use The Head Properly. A Motorcycle Functions Entirely In Accordance With The Laws Of Reason, And A Study Of The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance Is Really A Miniature Study Of The Art Of Rationality Itself.

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