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An alternative — and better — definition of reality can be found by naming some of its components: air, sunlight, wind, water, the motion of waves, th...more

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Actually I've never seen a cycle-maintenance problem complex enough really to require full-scale formal scientific method. Repair problems are not tha...more

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But the ones who go posing as moralists are the worst. Cost-free morals. Full of great ways for others to improve without any expense to themselves. T...more

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To doubt the literal meaning of the words of Jesus or Moses incurs hostility from most people, but it’s just a fact that if Jesus or Moses were to app...more

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This condemnation of technology is ingratitude, that's what it is. Blind alley, though. If someone's ungrateful and you tell him he's ungrateful, okay...more

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But until then, and right now, the sun is bright, the air is cool, my head is clear, there’s a whole day ahead of us, we’re almost to the mountains, i...more

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Newton invented a new form of reason. He expanded reason to handle infinitesimal changes and I think what is needed now is a similar expansion of reas...more

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Mountains like these and travelers in the mountains and events that happen to them here are found not only in Zen literature but in the tales of every...more

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She was strangely unaware that she could look and see freshly for herself, as she wrote, without primary regard for what had been said before.

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The title of this Chautauqua is "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," not "Zen and the Art of Mountain Climbing," and there are no motorcycles ...more

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You’ve got to live right, too. It’s the way you live that predisposes you to avoid the traps and see the right facts. You want to know how to paint a ...more

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Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you be...more

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The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs y...more

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The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.

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For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses.The more you look the more you see.