Certain Quote by Rene 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…

— René Daumal

The door to the invisible must be visible.

— Rene 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…

— Rene 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…

— Rene 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…

— Rene Daumal

Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.

— Rene 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,…

— Rene Daumal

“I'm very much aware I can't think. I'm a poet.”

— Rene 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…

— Rene 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…

— Rene Daumal

Philosophy teaches how man thinks he thinks; but drinking shows how he really thinks.

— Rene 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…

— René Daumal