You've got to keep close to your spouse I think, which is a very hard thing to do in America, with everything always pulling you away. I would advise all married people to spend two hours talking to each other. That's my moral for the day.
Robert M. PirsigThat's the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface.
Robert M. PirsigPrograms 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 M. PirsigCommunism and socialism, programs for intellectual control over society ... fascism, a program for the social control of intellect.
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