Frithjof Schuon Archive

“Physician, heal thyself” — many could heal themselvesIf they did not have a secret pride in their veins;And many souls would have been healed long ago,Had they been capable to struggle with themselves.

The evil one, it is said, can work miracles —Still, Heaven has never pardoned him.If he can do everything, yet one thing he cannot do:This is to bow down before the Almighty.

Many believe that we finally become godsAfter thousands of cycles of existence.Rather than entertain such an inflated illusion,I prefer to be a God-willed man on earth —Far be it that one should journey into a mythic naught.

The saying and the hearing of thatWhich is unique seem to be nothing,But they are everything. What they containAnd what they can bring thee, thou canst not measure.