"Mr Pirsig is not propounding a brand new philosophy for our acceptance or rejection. He is rediscovering an ancient and universal tradition, illuminating it by his
own very peculiar method, and restating it in terms which he hopes will strike home effectively... All I can really say is that he struck with brilliantly enlightening
effect on the mind of this reviewer"
Observer

"A miracle...sparkles like an electric dream" Village Voice

"You should read it on the road, on a mountainside, at the bottom of the ocean. It should be a set book in any serious course of any study, so multi-applicable are its intentions. For instance, if you wanted to be a motorcycle mechanic it should be read before any technical material. If you wanted to be a man of God, it should be read before you decide to be. And if you wanted to write a book, it should be read before you invest in a typewriter...Read the goddamn thing and you"ll see what I mean. The very heart of things - that"s where Pirsig is coming from" Street Life