Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here, is the application of a knowledge to an action.
Man is head, chest and stomach. Each of these animals operates, more often than not, individually. I eat, I feel, I even, although rarely, think... T… - Rene Daumal
Man is head, chest and stomach. Each of these animals operates, more often than not, individually. I eat, I feel, I even, although rarely, think... T…
- Rene Daumal
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, al… - Rene Daumal
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, al…
A knife is neither true nor false, but anyone impaled on its blade is in error. - Rene Daumal
A knife is neither true nor false, but anyone impaled on its blade is in error.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. - Rene Daumal
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.
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… - 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…
Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here, is … - 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, is …
I am dead because I have no desire, I have no desire because I think I possess, I think I possess because I do not try to give; Trying to give, we… - 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 not try to give; Trying to give, we…
Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn it into grains of truth. But the ultimate a… - Rene Daumal
Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn it into grains of truth. But the ultimate a…
The door to the invisible must be visible. - Rene Daumal
The door to the invisible must be visible.
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