Frithjof Schuon Archive

Thou must hold fast to the Absolute —What comes thereafter is in the hands of the Most High;Whoever trusts in God, and so helps himself,Also helps his neighbor, in the grace of the Lord.No greater good is granted to manThan piously to bestow God’s Peace.

If God had willed that only good exist,The dream that is creation would be past.All-Possibility: this is the great word;God put every thing in its place —And so the melody of existence burst forth.

If Plato had always been the light for everyone,Our dark world would have recovered long ago.Had all the world known Shankara,Wisdom would long since have burned up illusion.

Harp and zither, lute and song;Language of the soul, sounds of olden times —God grant that we become music in our heart;Then there would no longer be evil on earth.