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Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Quotes: When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.
         

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.


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The bones and flesh and legal statistics are the garments worn by the personality, not the other way around.



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