What Follows Is Based On Actual Occurences.Although Much Has Been Changed For Rhetorical Purposes,it Must Be Regarded In Its Essence As Fact.

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
-- Robert M. Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.
-- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog along to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes.
The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten....
Trials never end, of course. Unhappiness and misfortune are bound to occur as long as people live
but there is a feeling now, that was not here before, and is not just on the surface of things, but penetrates all the way through...
What I mean (and everybody else means) by the word QUALITY cannot be broken down into subjects and predicates.
This is not because Quality is so mysterious but because Quality is so simple, immediate, and direct....