...the most serious thing, and the strangest, is that we are afraid to the point of panic, not so much of seeing ourselves as of being seen by ourselves. This is our root absurdity. What is behind this great fear? — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
“Now, in my readings and in my travels I have heard, like you, about men of a superior type, possessing the keys to all… — René Daumal Copy Share Image
“I am dead because I lack desire, I lack desire because I think I possess, I think I possess because I do not try… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and its base… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
I am dead because I have no desire, I have no desire because I think I possess, I think I possess because I do… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here,… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
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… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is… — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
Philosophy teaches how man thinks he thinks; but drinking shows how he really thinks. — Rene Daumal Copy Share Image
“I am dead because I have no desire, I have no desire because I think I possess, I think I possess because I do… — René Daumal Copy Share Image
“Eternity He who binds himself to a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in… — René Daumal Copy Share Image
“Most of you,' he went on, 'already know how I have been able to limit the area of investigation in a first approximation. But… — René Daumal Copy Share Image
