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# Alexandra David-Neel

(1868–1969)   Explorer

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Alexandra David-Neel was an explorer, best known for *Mystiques et magiciens du Thibet*.

## Quick Facts About Alexandra David-Neel

Born October 24, 1868

Died September 8, 1969

Profession Explorer

Notable works Mystiques et magiciens du Thibet

## About Alexandra David-Neel

Alexandra David-Néel was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners. David-Néel wrote over 30 books about Eastern religion, philosophy, and her travels, including Magic and Mystery in Tibet, which was published in 1929. Her teachings influenced the beat writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, the popularisers of Eastern philosophy Alan Watts and Ram Dass, and the esotericist Benjamin Creme.

##  Quotes by Alexandra David-Neel

> [Why do you pray if you doubt you are heard?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/why-do-you-pray-if-you-doubt-you-are-heard/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Doubt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doubt/)

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> [The unsuspected is the daily fare of the traveler in Thibet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/the-unsuspected-is-the-daily-fare-of-the-traveler-in-thibet/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Asia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asia/)

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> [As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/as-a-stoic-i-must-despise-injury-or-rather-i-must-not-feel-it-must/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Affected](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affected/)

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> [To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/to-the-one-who-knows-how-to-look-and-feel-every-moment-of-this-free/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Enchantment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enchantment/)

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> [Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/guard-against-idols-yes-guard-against-all-idols-of-which-surely-the/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Idols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idols/)

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> [Work cannot convey the almost voluptuous sweetness of the feelings experienced ... in solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/work-cannot-convey-the-almost-voluptuous-sweetness-of-the-feelings/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Feelings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings/)

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> [To fashion stars out of dog dung, that is the Great Work. To take a negative experience and, by comparing it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/to-fashion-stars-out-of-dog-dung-that-is-the-great-work-to-take-a/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Compare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compare/)

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> [Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/who-knows-the-flower-best-the-one-who-reads-about-it-in-a-book-or-the/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/neglecting-small-things-under-the-pretext-of-wanting-to-accomplish/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Accomplish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplish/)

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> [One must be very strong, or very stupid, or completely exhausted to face life with indifference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/one-must-be-very-strong-or-very-stupid-or-completely-exhausted-to/)

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> [All things are aggregations of atoms that dance & by their movement produce sound. When the rhythm of the dance changes, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/all-things-are-aggregations-of-atoms-that-dance-by-their-movement/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[All things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-things/)

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> [Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/landscapes-have-a-language-of-their-own-expressing-the-soul-of-the/)

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[Flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flower/)

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> [Nature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/nature-has-a-language-of-its-own-or-maybe-those-who-have-lived-long/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Feelings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings/)

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> [Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/suffering-raises-up-those-souls-that-are-truly-great-it-is-only-small/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Made](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/made/)

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> [The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/the-wise-expect-nothing-hope-for-nothing-thus-avoiding-all/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/)

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> [There is nothing truly serious in life. All words sound hollow when one listens to them carefully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/there-is-nothing-truly-serious-in-life-all-words-sound-hollow-when/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Hollow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hollow/)

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> [Very few of us are capable of being Free Thinkers, needing neither to adore nor to insult God, the insult often being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-david-neel/very-few-of-us-are-capable-of-being-free-thinkers-needing-neither-to/)

[Alexandra David-Neel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-david-neel/)

[Adoration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/)

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