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> [Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here, is the application of a knowledge to an action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/definition-alpinism-is-the-art-of-going-through-the-mountains/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

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## More by René Daumal

> [“Now, in my readings and in my travels I have heard, like you, about men of a superior type, possessing the keys to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/now-in-my-readings-and-in-my-travels-i-have-heard-like-you-about-men/)

[René Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [The door to the invisible must be visible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/the-door-to-the-invisible-must-be-visible/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [“I am dead because I lack desire, I lack desire because I think I possess, I think I possess because I do not try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/i-am-dead-because-i-lack-desire-i-lack-desire-because-i-think-i/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and its base…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/in-the-mythic-tradition-the-mountain-is-the-bond-between-earth-and/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [I am dead because I have no desire, I have no desire because I think I possess, I think I possess because I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/i-am-dead-because-i-have-no-desire-i-have-no-desire-because-i-think-i/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/each-time-dawn-appears-the-mystery-is-there-in-its-entirety/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/definition-alpinism-is-the-art-of-going-through-the-mountains/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [“I'm very much aware I can't think. I'm a poet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/i-m-very-much-aware-i-can-t-think-i-m-a-poet/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/words-are-made-for-a-certain-exactness-of-thought-as-tears-are-for-a/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [When feet doesn't want to hold you, you climb with your head. Maybe it isn't the natural order of things, but isn't it better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/when-feet-doesn-t-want-to-hold-you-you-climb-with-your-head-maybe-it/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/you-cannot-stay-on-the-summit-forever-you-have-to-come-down-again-so/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [Philosophy teaches how man thinks he thinks; but drinking shows how he really thinks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/philosophy-teaches-how-man-thinks-he-thinks-but-drinking-shows-how-he/)

[Rene Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [“I am dead because I have no desire, I have no desire because I think I possess, I think I possess because I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/i-am-dead-because-i-have-no-desire-i-have-no-desire-because-i-think-i-2/)

[René Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [“Eternity He who binds himself to a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/eternity-he-who-binds-himself-to-a-joy-does-the-winged-life-destroy/)

[René Daumal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-daumal/)

> [“Most of you,' he went on, 'already know how I have been able to limit the area of investigation in a first approximation. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-daumal/most-of-you-he-went-on-already-know-how-i-have-been-able-to-limit-the/)

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