Rene Daumal Quotes

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

It's important to see people as being on a journey.

There is no better teacher than life itself.

I want to share the experiences I've had.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.

Some people learn from books, some listen to the advice of others, some learn from mistakes. I fit into the last category. So sue me.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

I looked down again at the sign in my hand - ENJOY THE RIDE! - and it seemed, suddenly, to be just that. A sign.

We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

To dance at all is to confront oneself. It is the art of honesty.

Introspection is self-improvement and therefore introspection is self-centeredness. Awareness is not self-improvement. On the contrary, it is the ending of the self, of the “I,” with all its peculiar idiosyncrasies, memories, demands, and pursuits. In introspection there is identification and condemnation. In awareness there is no condemnation or identification; therefore, there is no self-improvement. There is a vast difference between the two.

If people are driving you around to look at animals, that's wonderful. That's educational, but it's not necessarily enlightening and you're not finding out much about yourself.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game

I wouldn't want to forget anything, even the weird stuff and the bad stuff. It makes you who you are.

There are parts of me I only recognize from photographs.

You are the artist and the art.

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all.

If we can change ourselves, we can change the world. We're not the victims of the world we see, we're the victims of the way we see the world. This is the essence of Compassionate Listening: seeing the person next to you as a part of yourself.

When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. See what happens when you "know it all", at any stage of life? Farther down the track you may see clearly how certain personal opinions, held onto too tightly, could be fogging up the view, and providing incorrect insight. Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

I have to say I've made many mistakes, and been humbled many, many times. But you know what? It's never too late to learn.

other people maay be there to help us, teach us, guide us aolng our path, But the lesson to be learned is always ours