Frithjof Schuon Archive

We love both freedom and safety —The cool mountain height with its vast view,And the cavern deep within the mountain —The warm home, the happiness of a familiar hearth.Both are symbols. Serenity;And then beatitude in the depth of the heart.

I think of the Real, and seek not to know more —For anything I could know, is known to the Lord of the Worlds;We learn many things, not because we wish to —But only because we have to know them.Certainly one has the right to think of many things —But may God grant us...

One should not criticize the man of God —For if he brings you wisdom from Heaven, He cannot be an enemy of the Good;God helps him, and the proof is that his spiritual work prospers.In the ancient Orient, it never happenedThat one passed judgment on the Master.

It seems to me that something should happen —Things cannot continue as they are.There are people who are not intelligent enough,And others who are all too clever.Commit thy path unto the Lord,So that He may bless what thou doest.