You are prior to the idea 'I am'. Camp yourself there, prior to the words 'I am'.
—Nisargadatta
"If a revolution destroys a systematic government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves in the succeeding government."
― Robert Pirsig
"If a revolution destroys a systematic government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves in the succeeding government."
― Robert Pirsig