“You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above.”

About René Daumal

Writer • French

René Daumal was a prominent French surrealist writer, poet, and philosopher. He was a key figure in the literary group 'Le Grand Jeu' before distancing himself from surrealism. Influenced by his study of Hinduism and...