Frases de Alexandra David-Néel

“La aventura será mi única razón de ser.”

“Por si acaso, que nunca se sabe.”

“Para aquél que sabe mirar y sentir, cada minuto de esta vida libre y vagabunda es una auténtica gloria.”

“Que cada cual siga enteramente, siempre y en cualquier parte, el impulso de su naturaleza, ya sea ésta limitada o genial. Sólo entonces el hombre sabrá lo que es vivir en lugar de despreciar la vida sin haberla vivido jamás.”

“Siempre me han horrorizado las cosas definitivas. Hay gente que teme a la inestabilidad. Yo en cambio temo todo lo contrario. No me gusta que el mañana se parezca al ayer, y el camino sólo me parece atractivo cuando ignoro a dónde me conduce.”

“He tenido que prometer permanecer un año a su disposición, en el monasterio de Lanchen en invierno y cerca de su cueva en verano. No será divertido ni confortable. Son cuartuchos en los que se alojan los monjes tibetanos…, será muy duro, pero increíblemente interesante.”

“He emprendido el camino adecuado, ya no tengo tiempo para dedicarlo a la neurastenia.”

“Durante mi estancia en Benarés he vivido como una salvaje, sin corsé, cuello ni zapatos de verdad.”

“The faith commended to their faithful by all religions, and considered by them as a virtue essential for him who hopes for eternal salvation, is nowise approved in the Secret Teachings. Based on the advice given by the Buddha to His disciples, the primary recommendation that the Masters give to neophytes is: Doubt! Doubt is an incitement to research, and research is the Way which leads to Knowledge.”

“The Masters of the secret teachings say that the truth learned from another is of no value, and that the only truth which is living and effective, which is of value, is the truth which we ourselves discover.”

“Sadly, almost with terror, I often looked at the threadlike path which I saw, lower down, winding in the valleys and disappearing between the mountains. The day would come when it would lead me back to the sorrowful world that existed beyond the distant hill ranges, and so thinking, an indescribable suffering lay hold of me.”

“Orthodox Buddhism strictly forbids religious rites, and the learned lamas acknowledge that they cannot bestow spiritual enlightenment, which can only be acquired by personal intellectual effort. Yet the majority believe in the efficacy of certain ritualistic methods of the healing of the sick, securing material prosperity, the conquest of evil beings and the guidance of the spirits of the dead in the other world.”