Frithjof Schuon Archive

What is the average man? Only late does he noticeThat life’s to-and-fro cannot go on forever;That, after the succession of hours, days, and years,The clock of life suddenly stands still —That there is nothing more in the book to be read.In reality, he has never been a...

Thou know’st thou canst not change the world —Renounce it, let things be as they must beIn keeping with the laws of existence;Becoming, disappearing. Ask not how and where.Forget not thy Lord’s Mercy —A miracle, that liberates from destiny’s might.The essence of the...

Certainly, what is foreign to truth is absurd —But the fate of this illusion must be,And it is not absurd; thou wilt not regretThe resignation to what must be. Say “Yes,” not to what thou shouldst not believe,But to the possibility that was willed by...

Lonely as thou mayst feel amongst men,Yet thou hast thy God, and must not complain;For He, who knows all thy paths,Will help thee bear the solitude of the sage.Certainly, thou art not separated from others —Thou art alone only because thou art different.Thou canst...