Frithjof Schuon Archive

To be man is to dream; to be wise is to wake —The wise man is a dreamer who awakes;Who vanquishes his dream, who, with the graceOf the Most High, shines in the night of existence —And who, with a ray of Eternity,Turns darkness into day.

The All-Highest became, as it were, fullnessThrough His creation; and creation,For its part, had to become holy emptiness,Through the God-willed call of the heart.Ye are above delusion if ye knowThat God’s emptiness is the highest Fullness.

In every fullness there must also be emptiness;The highest emptiness is the fullness of God.For God’s emptiness is pure “Yes” —Self-affirmation is God’s Will.Before all creation, there was the One.

Blessèd are the poor in spirit;The spiritual man is often called a child.Whoever seeks to gain his life — will perish;Whoever denies himself, is he who wins.The world fades away — but the Truth remains.