Robert M. Pirsig Quote
Little children were trained not to do just what they liked but…but what?…Of course! What others liked. And which others? Parents, teachers, supervisors, policemen, judges, officials, kings, dictators. All authorities. When you are trained to despise just what you like then, of course, you become a much more obedient servant of others—a good slave. When you learn not to do just what you like then the System loves you.
Robert M. Pirsig
Little children were trained not to do just what they liked but…but what?…Of course! What others liked. And which others? Parents, teachers, supervisors, policemen, judges, officials, kings, dictators. All authorities. When you are trained to despise just what you like then, of course, you become a much more obedient servant of others—a good slave. When you learn not to do just what you like then the System loves you.
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About Robert M. Pirsig
Robert Maynard Pirsig (; September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher. He is the author of the philosophical novels Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), and he co-authored On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings (2022) along with his wife and editor, Wendy Pirsig.