Frithjof Schuon Archive

If thou hast the Truth, thou must live from it —Firstly in thinking, and secondly in doing.Thy soul can repose in the TruthNot only mentally, but also in action.

Outside by the city gateI heard a minstrel’s song —A song that had resounded for yearsIn my inmost heart.It sought to remind me What my longing is —An inward call from God:The melody of the Eternal.

I hold fast to Thee, my God,and troubled will not be —Let come what must,and let hope shine.Whatever happens, God has willed,else it would not happen —What does not lead thee to the Highest,is not written in God’s book.

Nomadic Semites are iconoclasts;Aryans and others are iconodules.In an image made for worship, there can be benediction —But it is dust; only God, the Spirit, will be victorious.In Mecca, heathens had placed, along with other images,An image of the Blessed Virgin on...