"A knife is neither true nor false, but……" — Rene Daumal

"A knife is neither true nor false, but anyone impaled on its blade is in error."

— Rene Daumal

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14 Quotes by Rene Daumal

Rene Daumal has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error…
Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is…
The door to the invisible must be visible.
Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.
Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn…
Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What…
In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of…
When feet doesn't want to hold you, you climb with your head. Maybe it isn't the natural order of things,…
Man is head, chest and stomach. Each of these animals operates, more often than not, individually. I eat, I feel,…
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an…
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place?…
Philosophy teaches how man thinks he thinks; but drinking shows how he really thinks.

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More Anyone Quotes

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about… — Neil Armstrong
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that… — Neil Armstrong
I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize… — Andrea Arnold
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one… — Diane Ackerman
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely. — Teresa of Avila
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else… — Richard Bach
Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. — Burt Bacharach

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