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The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. — Robert M. Pirsig

Autobiography and memoir

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

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