Frithjof Schuon Archive

The wayfarer may be tolerably contentOn his path — but he looks morose nonetheless;For what he lacks, or seems to lack,Is, in the storm, the protection of a mighty wall.A man may be happy in his own wayThrough his duty — but he knows the miseriesOf the world and the...

Truth and virtue; beauty and love;If these alone remained to me,The world could sink into the waters —Let me drink only from the beautiful and true.

One would like life to stand stillWhen it makes us happy — but time moves on.The world wheel turns whether thou wishest or not —Blessèd is he who timelessly stands before the Most High.

Here, amidst the noise of things, man should knowThat God Most High says “no” to what is idle —So thou too must say “no” to outward thingsThat plague thee inwardly.The wind blows — see, the dust has gone —After all injustice, the “yes” of the Most High is...