One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.
¶ (Attributed)
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Robert Pirsig (b. 1928) American philosopher, writer
The moment you open your mouth to say one thing about the nature of reality, you automatically have a whole set of enemies who've already said reality is something else.
¶ (Attributed)
The world comes to us in an endless stream of puzzle pieces that we would like to think all fit together somehow, but that in fact never do.
¶ Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals (1991)
To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
¶ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)
The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.
¶ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, ch. 1 (1974)
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