The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head… — Robert M. Pirsig · Skopia

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Autobiography and memoir

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 · 1974

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Change starts at home Changing the world Self-improvement

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

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