"In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the……" — 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 spreads out in manifold foothills into the world of mortals. It is the way by which man can raise himself to the divine and by which the divine can reveal itself to man."
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Rene Daumal
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14 Quotes by Rene Daumal
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Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error…
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Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is…
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The door to the invisible must be visible.
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Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.
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Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn…
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Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What…
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When feet doesn't want to hold you, you climb with your head. Maybe it isn't the natural order of things,…
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Man is head, chest and stomach. Each of these animals operates, more often than not, individually. I eat, I feel,…
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It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an…
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You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place?…
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Philosophy teaches how man thinks he thinks; but drinking shows how he really thinks.
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A knife is neither true nor false, but anyone impaled on its blade is in error.
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