The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

Robert M. Pirsig

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence

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Topic

Change starts at home Changing the world Self-improvement

Author

Robert M. Pirsig

Source

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Pirsig, Robert M. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. William Morrow and Company, 1974.

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For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

Robert Jastrow

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Source
God and the Astronomers
Genre
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Language
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Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Jastrow, Robert. God and the Astronomers. W. W. Norton & Company, 1978, ch. 9.

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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Marcus Aurelius

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Words vs. actions Taking action Self-improvement Personal growth

Author

Marcus Aurelius
Source
Meditations
Medium
Personal journal
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Greek
Time
180 180s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 10.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 10.