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Quotes from Mount Analogue — René Daumal

1908–1944 France

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You cannot always stay on the summits. You have to come down again . . .

Mount Analogue (1952)

Alpinism is the art of climbing mountains by confronting the greatest dangers with the greatest prudence. Art is used here to mean the accomplishment of knowledge in action.

Mount Analogue (1952)

There is an art to finding your way in the lower regions by the memory of what you have seen when you were higher up. When you can no longer see, you can at least still know. . .

Mount Analogue (1952)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: René Daumal (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.