Frithjof Schuon Archive

Unconditional trust in God is difficultAnd easy at the same time: difficult because unconditional;And easy, because joy lies in its nature —Just as thy destiny lies in God’s Hands.

La vida es sueño2 — of this there is no doubt;But greater is the certainty of our being in God,Of the duties that are sacred to us,And of our return to the Great One.

With the saint there is, in a sense, more suffering —And thus more patience — than with others;He cannot clothe himself in easy lies —He cannot wander through life without God;Likewise, in holiness there is more happiness.Be selfless — and do not look back on the...

I thank Thee, O God, for this breath —It did me good. It is Thy greeting out of the depth of my breast,And gives me courage.Ye know not the grace that lies in breathing —It is nature, Yet it is filled with God, with His presence —It is not mere earth.